English Explanatory Dictionary

principial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Elementary; fundamental.

Word forms

principial more principial most principial

Etymology

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin prī̆ncipiālis. By surface analysis, principia + -al.

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