indicial

[in-dish-uhl]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling an indication; indicative.

   behavior indicial of a personality disorder.

2. of, relating to, or resembling an index or an index finger.

Other Word Forms

• indicially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of indicial¹

First recorded in 1840–50; indici(a) + -al ¹

Related Words

• emblematic 
• ominous 
• suggestive 
• symbolic 
• symptomatic