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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhinocerical
{
Rhiˊno-ce′ri-al
,Rhiˊno-cer′ic-al
, }Adj.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.
Tatler.
Definition 2024
rhinocerical
rhinocerical
English
Alternative forms
- rhinocerial
Adjective
rhinocerical (comparative more rhinocerical, superlative most rhinocerical)
- Resembling or relating to the rhinoceros or its horn.
- Joseph Addison
- These gentlemen were formerly marked out and distinguished by the little rhinocerical nose, which was always looked upon as an instrument of derision, and which they were used to cock, toss, or draw up in a contemptuous manner […]
- Joseph Addison