dynastical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek δυναστικός (dunastikós) +‎ -al.[1] By surface analysis, dynasty +‎ -ical.

Adjective[edit]

dynastical (comparative more dynastical, superlative most dynastical)

  1. Dynastic; pertaining to a dynasty.
    • 2007 February 18, Susan Saulny, “With Eye on Post-Daley Era, 2 Powerful Families Battle for a Chicago Council Seat”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      CHICAGO, Feb. 17 — Even as Mayor Richard M. Daley rolls toward a sixth term in elections this month, another chapter in Chicago’s dynastical politics is playing out in a few crime-plagued neighborhoods on the South Side.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “dynastical, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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