-ICAL


Meaning of -ICAL in English

ə̇kəl, ēk- adjective suffix

Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin -icalis (as in clericalis clerical, grammaticalis grammatical, radicalis radical) — more at clerical , grammatical , radical

: -ic

cosm ical

fantast ical

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

econom ical: econom ic

prophet ical: prophet ic

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