indical

English

Etymology

From Latin index, indicis (“an index”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪndɪkəl/, [ˈɪndɪkl̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪndɪkəl

Adjective

indical (comparative more indical, superlative most indical)

1. indexical
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     I confess, there is a lazy kind of Learning, which is onely indical; when Scholars (like Adders, which onely bite the Horse heels) nibble but at the Tables

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “indical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• niladic