specifical en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English specificalle, from Latin specificus + -al.
Meanings
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Synonym of specific.
it is referred to a hidden propriety , a specifical virtue , and a fourth quality
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:it is not therefore so much the understanding that constitutes, among animals, the specifical distinction of man, as his quality of a free agent.
1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most specifical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more specifical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |