ethnical

[ eth-ni-kuhl ]

adjective

1. ethnic.
2. of, relating to, or concerned with ethnology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethnical¹

First recorded in 1540–50; ethnic + -al ¹

Example Sentences

He likes things on a large scale—he is fond of ethnical remarks and typical persons.

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In the new as in the old continent, the diversities of physical character do not correspond with the ethnical divisions.

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The Ælfric may be counted their ethnical rival, as dealing with the productions of the Anglo-Saxon enemies of the Celt.

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At first, those subdivisions possessed no connotation of anatomical or ethnical significance.

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The ethnical affinities of the Pelasgoi are still quite obscure.

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