participial

American  

[pahr-tuh-sip-ee-uhl] / ˌpɑr təˈsɪp i əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a participle.

2. similar to or formed from a participle.

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noun

1. a participle.

Other Word Forms

• participiality noun
• participially adverb

Etymology

Origin of participial

1560–70; < Latin participiālis, equivalent to participi ( um ) participle + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

But the Rumanian siren, speaking sonorously in a participial dialect of her own, is a fresh creation; and Hume Cronyn's Freddie Potts might be something straight out of the early Booth Tarkington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm: The favorite participial utterance of a distinguished corps.

From Time Magazine Archive

What participial adjective is formed from the verb "dignify"? Ans.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

The attribute which is united to the substance by the verb must be an energic one, a participial.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

That the latter ones are irregularly participial, and have been formed on a false analogy.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)