auricular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɔˈɹɪk.jə.lɚ/ (General-American)
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- /ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin auriculāris, from auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) + -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to auricle + -ar. Doublet of auricularis.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, relational) Of or pertaining to the ear.
[…] our performances are pastimes jocular, To please the auricular organ and the ocular.
1780, Kane O'Hara, “Address to the Audience by Punch, on the Opening of the Microcosm”, in Songs in the Comic Opera of Tom Thumb the Great, Dublin: Arthur Grueber, page vi:
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(not-comparable, relational) Of or pertaining to the ear. ▸ Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing.
The auricular nerves were damaged.
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(not-comparable, relational) Of or pertaining to the ear. ▸ Told to the ear; told privately.
auricular confession to the priest
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(not-comparable, relational) Of or pertaining to the ear. ▸ Recognized by the ear; understood by the sense of hearing.
When she ceased the auricular impressions from their previous endearments seemed to hustle away into the corners of their brains, repeating themselves as echoes from a time of supremely purblind foolishness.
1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume II, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the fifth (The Woman Pays), page 200:auricular evidence
[…] I will place you where you shall hear us confer of this and by an auricular assurance have your satisfaction, […]
c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:[I]n the practises [astrology, natural magic and alchemy] are full of Errour and vanitie; which the great Professors themselues haue sought to vaile ouer and conceale by enigmaticall writings, and referring themselues to auricular traditions, and such other deuises, to saue the credite of Impostures; […]
1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- (not-comparable, relational) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
- (not-comparable, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.
Deriveds
periauricular · biauricular · postauricular · conoauricular · retroauricular · temporoauricular · subauricular · cephaloauricular · auricularly · nonauricular · zygomaticoauricular · preauricular · monoauricular · transauricular · oculoauricular · supraauricular · interauricular · auricular style · auricular flutter · auriculo- · sinoauricular · auricular artery · auricular muscle · auricular fibrillation
Relateds
Synonyms
otic · aural · otic · auditory · otic · otic
Translations (24)
bg слухов (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · cs sluchový (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · fi korva- (of or pertaining to the ear) · ar أُذُنِيّ (of or pertaining to the ear) · ru слухово́й (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · uk вушни́й (of or pertaining to the ear) · pl uszny (of or pertaining to the ear) · cs ušní (of or pertaining to the ear) · be слухавы́ (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · bg ушен (of or pertaining to the ear) · es auricular (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · sk ušný (of or pertaining to the ear) · pl słuchowy (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · pl audialny (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · fi kuulo- (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · cmn 耳的 (of or pertaining to the ear) · ru ушно́й (of or pertaining to the ear) · pl audytywny (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · de Ohren- (of or pertaining to the ear) · eo orela (of or pertaining to the ear) · uk слухови́й (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · be вушны́ (of or pertaining to the ear) · eo aŭda (of or pertaining to the sense of hearing) · es auricular (of or pertaining to the ear)