participial
/ˌpɑː(ɹ)tɪˈsɪpi.əl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or being a participle.
noun
A participial word.
Example Sentences
- "§ 280. A Participial is a derived form of the verb used not for asserting but for expressing either, — 1. An object of thought; or, 2. A modification of such an object. Participials, accordingly, are either, — 1. Noun-participials; as, "To think is to act;" "Their sending the messacre was the cause of the trouble;" or, 2. Adjective-participials, more commonly called Participles; as, "The advancing army;" "The expected messenger.""
- "[…] the verb has two forms, which […] are called Participials, namely, (a) The Infinitv […] (b) The Participle […] ."
- "To have a short appellation, let us call participles and infinitives participials. Among all the myriads of words, a more skillful, many-sided and hard-working class than this could hardly be found, and still—such is the world's reward—they are strangers in a strange land forced to live with their aristocratic cousins, the "finite" verbs. For participials are not verbs in reality."
Etymology
From Latin participiālis, from participium (“participle”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *keh₂p-, participiālis