textual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/ (UK)
- /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to text. ▸ Of or pertaining to textuality.
On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022:
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Of or pertaining to text. ▸ Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.
I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.
- Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most textual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| textuall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more textual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Coordinates
subtextual · paratextual · peritextual · contextual · epitextual
Deriveds
intertextual · pretextual · extratextual · cotextual · cybertextual · textualism · textuality · textualistic · textualisation · untextual · nontextual · microtextual · textualist · macrotextual · polytextual · peritextual · hypertextual · textually · textual criticism · textualization · intratextual · metatextual · antitextual · countertextual · atextual · textualize
Relateds
Translations (27)
fr textuel (of or pertaining to text) · ru текстово́й (of or pertaining to text) · ro textual (of or pertaining to text) · uk те́кстови́й (of or pertaining to text) · pt textual (of or pertaining to text) · ga téacsach (of or pertaining to text) · da tekstuel (of or pertaining to text) · nl tekstueel (of or pertaining to text) · ast testual (of or pertaining to text) · gl textual (of or pertaining to text) · da skriftlig (of or pertaining to text) · ru те́кстовый (of or pertaining to text) · ca textual (of or pertaining to text) · kk мәтіндік (of or pertaining to text) · ru текстуа́льный (of or pertaining to text) · de textuell (of or pertaining to text) · id tekstual (of or pertaining to text) · bg текстов (of or pertaining to text) · el κειμενικός (of or pertaining to text) · fi tekstuaalinen (of or pertaining to text) · pl tekstowy (of or pertaining to text) · eo teksta (of or pertaining to text) · de textlich (of or pertaining to text) · it testuale (of or pertaining to text) · nb tekstlig (of or pertaining to text) · es textual (of or pertaining to text) · af tekstueel (of or pertaining to text)