aldermanic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to an alderman (“member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town”) or group of aldermen.
Having the (supposed) lifestyle or qualities of an alderman.
Of a person or animal's body, girth, etc.: fleshy, plump, rotund.
Of a thing: extravagant; sumptuous.

/ˌɔːldəˈmænɪk/ /ˌɒl-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aldermanic.wav /ˌɔldəɹˈmænɪk/ /ˌɑl-/

aldermanic more aldermanic most aldermanic

From alderman + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Piecewise doublet of ealdormanic.

aldermanical aldermanlike aldermanly

nonaldermanic

alderman aldermanical aldermanlike aldermanly ealdormanic

nonaldermanic

Finnish: valtuutetun kaltainen

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