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linguistical

[ling-gwis-ti-kuh l]

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adjective

(not in technical use) linguistic.

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Origin of linguistical

First recorded in 1815–25; linguistic + -al¹

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Historical Examples of linguistical

I omit here his linguistical writings, and his publication of the "Historia del Origen de los Indios, &c.," in 1857.
Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America
Adolph Francis Bandelier