nautical
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of or pertaining to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
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| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or involving ships, navigation, or sailors | |
| [C16: from Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from naus ship] | |
| 'nautically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
nautical
1552, from M.Fr. nautique, from L. nauticus "pertaining to ships or sailors," from Gk. nautikos, from nautes "sailor," from naus "ship," from PIE *nau- "boat" (see naval).
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Example sentences
The attendees were mostly older people, in vaguely nautical garb, and they were in a mood to rumble.
Issued in nine volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart.
The time it takes to produce a new nautical chart varies greatly.
His office is spacious, accented here and there with nautical embellishments.
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