magistral
Americanadjective
-
Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy.
-
Fortification. principal; main.
noun
adjective
-
of, relating to, or characteristic of a master
-
obsolete pharmacol made up according to a special prescription Compare officinal
-
fortifications determining the location of other fortifications
the magistral line
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of magistral
1565–75; < Latin magistrālis of a master, equivalent to magist ( e ) r master + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If he was less accomplished, less resourceful and magistral an artist than Strawinsky, for instance, whom he resembles in a certain general way, he was at least a more human, a more passionate being.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
He has matured, become virile and even magistral.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
The rhythmic element, already fresh and free in the scherzo of "L'Oiseau de feu" and throughout "Petruchka," attains virile and magistral might in it, surges and thunders with giant vigor.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
His descriptions have the magistral ampleness of a gesture indicating the sweep of a vast horizon.
From Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad
Mr. S. Lane-Poole has contracted to "do" a life of Lord Stratford, and, ergo, he condemns me in magistral tone and a style of uncalled-for impertinence, to act as his "advt."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
