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View synonyms for penetralia

penetralia

[ pen-i-trey-lee-uh ]

plural noun

  1. the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.
  2. the most private or secret things.


penetralia

/ ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪlɪə /

plural noun

  1. the innermost parts
  2. secret matters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpeneˈtralian, adjective
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Other Words From

  • pene·trali·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of penetralia1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin, noun use of neuter plural of penetrālis “inner,” equivalent to penetr(āre) “to penetrate ” + -ālis -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of penetralia1

C17: from Latin, from penetrālis inner, from penetrāre to penetrate
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Example Sentences

She wants to make me the stepping-stone to social success; she sighs for the purple penetralia of the plutocracy.

Yet at such an hour it will now be necessary to enter its penetralia.

He wished to be what he called "safe" with all those whom he had admitted to the penetralia of his house and heart.

Here lay the penetralia of this domicile, this weak fortification against the world.

He saw them darting out from the hidden penetralia around, moving swiftly across and sometimes darting in shoals before him.

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