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View synonyms for indicial

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.



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Other Word Forms

  • indicially adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indicial1

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

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David Wojnarowicz was indicial of the East Village temperament: a damaged, radical contrarian whose work nevertheless manifested an achingly open and optimistic sensibility, as is evidenced by the current retrospective at the Whitney, David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night.

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"Certainly," said the ready doctor; "and paradoxicality is an indicial characteristic of truth in all matters beyond the comprehension of the vulgar."

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