adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a library, librarianship or librarians. rare

   "Those wire-framed glasses made Babel look like a librarian, but his silence is not librarial."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bibliothecalbibliothecarialbibliothecarianbibliothecarybibliotheticbibliothetical

Example

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"Those wire-framed glasses made Babel look like a librarian, but his silence is not librarial."

Etymology

From library + -al.

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