"salonical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more salonical [comparative], most salonical [superlative]
Etymology: salon + -ical, from the use of salon to refer to an intellectual and social gathering. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|salon|ical}} salon + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} salonical (comparative more salonical, superlative most salonical)
  1. (obsolete) Intellectually pretentious. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-salonical-en-adj-mAhfbDP9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical

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          "ref": "1929, Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, Topsy, M.P., page 119",
          "text": "...in between these ghastly sonatas and things the Orders and Decorations could stand about like animated waxworks and discuss the Housing of the People Act and your bromidical hunting-stuff in the usual salonical way, but of course anybody who was too alientated could creep off into Arcadia, where my dear the commisariat was sausages, vulgar my dear but quite hot, with mash and everything,...",
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