delphinal
/ˈdɛlfɪnəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This attribution of the arms to 1456–61 was strengthened by the circumstance that from 1461 onwards until the death of Duke Philip, in 1467, the portrayal of the delphinal shield would have lacked point, there having been no Dauphin between Louis XI’s accession, in 1461, and the birth of his son Charles in 1470."
- "In Dauphiné the situation was more ambiguous. Guy Allard, writing in 1700, listed 67 noble houses with filiations dating from the delphinal period, that is, from before the mid-fourteenth century incorporation into France."
- "He holds the delphinal crown, rather like a toy, wears the Saint-Esprit over his white gown, and points out of the frame, as if emphasizing an argument."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin delphīnālis, from delphīnus + -ālis.