adenoidal

English

Etymology

adenoid +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl

Adjective

adenoidal (comparative more adenoidal, superlative most adenoidal)

2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
3. Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids. (of a voice)
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 344:

     There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.

   • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 4, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 68:

     Metzger, acting on instructions in the will, had retained this amiable, slightly adenoidal expert, for a percent of his valuation, to inventory and appraise Inverarity's stamp collection.

   • 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:

     Neither man has an alternative career in audiobook narration awaiting him upon retirement. Ron DeSantis speaks in a sort of monotone nag. Rishi Sunak can sound adenoidal.

Derived terms

• adenoidally

 

Translations

pertaining to the adenoids

• Catalan: adenoïdal (ca)
• Georgian: ადენოიდური (adenoiduri)
• Irish: adanóideach
• Italian: adenoideo, adenoide (it)
• Polish: adenoidalny (pl)
• Portuguese: adenoidal

sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids

• German: näselnd (de)

Portuguese

Etymology

From adenoide +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˌnɔjˈdaw/ [a.deˌnɔɪ̯ˈdaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˌnɔjˈdal/ [ɐ.ðɨˌnɔjˈðaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˌnɔjˈdal/ [ɐ.ðɨˌnɔjˈðaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˌnɔjˈda.li/ [ɐ.ðɨˌnɔjˈða.li]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧noi‧dal

Adjective

adenoidal m or f (plural adenoidais)

1. (anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)