indicial

[ in-dish-uhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling an indication; indicative:

   behavior indicial of a personality disorder.

2. of, relating to, or resembling an index or an index finger.

Other Words From

• in·dicial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of indicial¹

First recorded in 1840–50; indici(a) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

David Wojnarowicz was indicial of the East Village temperament: a damaged, radical contrarian whose work nevertheless manifested an achingly open and optimistic sensibility, as is evidenced by the current retrospective at the Whitney, David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night.

From Slate

"Certainly," said the ready doctor; "and paradoxicality is an indicial characteristic of truth in all matters beyond the comprehension of the vulgar."

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• emblematic
• ominous
• suggestive
• symbolic
• symptomatic