English Explanatory Dictionary

magistral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.
  2. Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.
  3. Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.
noun
  1. A sovereign medicine or remedy.
  2. A magistral line.
  3. Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magistral.wav

Word forms

magistral more magistral most magistral magistrals

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin magistrālisder. Middle French magistralbor. English magistral Borrowed from Middle French magistral, from Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master, teacher”) + -ālis. Doublet of mistral.

Derived words

magistrality magistrally
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