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-ical

a combination of -ic and -al 1 , used in forming adjectives from nouns (rhetorical), providing synonyms to words ending in -ic (poetical), and providing an adjective with additional meanings to those in the -ic form (economical).

Origin:
ME < L -icālis. See -ic, -al 1
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