Piratical

//paɪˈɹætɪkɘl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.

    "A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;"

  2. 2
    Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of pirates wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of piracy wordnet

Synonyms

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pirately

Example

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"A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;"

Etymology

From Latin pīrāticus + -al, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτικός (peirātikós); equivalent to pirate + -ical.

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