participial

American  

[pahr-tuh-sip-ee-uhl] / ˌpɑr təˈsɪp i əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a participle.

2. similar to or formed from a participle.

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noun

1. a participle.

Other Word Forms

• participiality noun
• participially adverb

Etymology

Origin of participial

1560–70; < Latin participiālis, equivalent to participi ( um ) participle + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm: The favorite participial utterance of a distinguished corps.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Rumanian siren, speaking sonorously in a participial dialect of her own, is a fresh creation; and Hume Cronyn's Freddie Potts might be something straight out of the early Booth Tarkington.

From Time Magazine Archive

What participial adjective is formed from the verb "dignify"? Ans.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

Discriminating writers place minor ideas in subordinate clauses, consign still less important ideas to participial or prepositional phrases, and omit trivial details altogether.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

I have noticed one who uses a Latin participial construction even at the breakfast table.

From Talks to Freshman Girls by Brown, Helen Dawes