-ICAL


Meaning of -ICAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ adjective suffix ]

Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin -icalis (as in clericalis clerical, radicalis radical)

: -ic

symmetr ical

geolog ical

— sometimes differing from -ic in that adjectives formed with -ical have a wider or more transferred semantic range than corresponding adjectives in -ic

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