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Definition: Symbolical |
SymbolicalAdjective1. Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking". 2. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "symbolical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Synonyms: SymbolicalSynonyms: emblematic (adj), emblematical (adj), symbolic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Symbolical |
| English words defined with "symbolical": Baphomet ♦ Pelican in her piety. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "symbolical": Cold Pigeon ♦ Hephzibah ♦ Ishi ♦ Jehovah-shammah ♦ Magor-missabib, Merathaim ♦ Religion, Ruhamah ♦ Shear-Jashub, Strike Amain. (references) |
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 | Symbolical Head : In Which Each Organ Is Illustrated. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | The Symbolical head, illustrating all the phrenological developements of the human head. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Symbolical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Symbolical" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "symbolical": be symbolical of ♦ symbolical delivery ♦ symbolical of ♦ symbolical philosophy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "symbolical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | simbolik (emblematic, figurative, hieroglyphic, symbolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | رمزي (emblematic, figurative, nominal, symbolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | символичен (allegoric, allegorical, emblematic, figurative, figured, symbolic, token, typical), олицетворяващ (symbolic), значителен (appreciable, considerable, goodly, handsome, important, major, marked, monumental, respectable, round, sensible, serious, significant, smart, symbolic, tidy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | symbolický (symbolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | symbolique (symbolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | symbolisch (emblematic, figurativ, figurative, in representational form, nominal, notional, representative, symbolic, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סמלי (emblematic, figurative, nominal, symbolic, token, typical), סימבולי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szimbolikus (emblematic, emblematical, figurative, symbolic), jelképes (allegoric, allegorical, emblematic, figurative, symbolic, token). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | simbolico (symbolic, token). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ymbolicalsay simbólico (emblematic, symbolic, typical). (various references) simbolic (emblematic, emblematical, figurative, symbolic, symbolically). (various references) символический (emblematic, nominal, symbolic). (various references) simboličan (symbolic). (various references) simbólico (iconic, symbolic, token). (various references) symbolisk (emblematic, hieroglyphic, nominal, symbolic, token). (various references) เป็นสัญลักษ"์. (various references) simgesel (emblematic, figurative, symbolic), sembolik (emblematic, emblematical, figurative, nominal, representative, symbolic). (various references) символічний (allusive, emblematic, emblematical, nominal, symbolic, typical). (various references) tượng trưng (emblematic, emblematical, sign, symbolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "symbolical": symbolically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-l-l-m-o-s-y" | |
-2 letters: callboys, localism, loyalism, sociably, socially, syllabic, symbolic. | |
-3 letters: balmily, callboy, cymbals, misally, miscall, syllabi. | |
-4 letters: aliyos, alloys, amylic, ballsy, bialys, boylas, calmly, cibols, claims, climbs, cobias, cosily, cymbal, cymols, lacily, lilacs, limbas, limbos, locals, maills, mislay, mosaic, scilla, slalom, slimly, social, symbol. | |
-5 letters: aboil, abysm, acyls, alloy, ambos, amyls, bails, balls, bally, balms, balmy. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-i-l-l-m-o-s-y" | |
+2 letters: monosyllabic, myeloblastic, symbolically. | |
+3 letters: bombastically, lymphoblastic, symbiotically. | |
+5 letters: meroblastically, monosyllabicity. | |
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