Salonical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intellectually pretentious. obsolete

    "If the book was not clever and amusing, we should not refer to these matters, nor to such epithets as “swanking ” and “salonical.”"

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"If the book was not clever and amusing, we should not refer to these matters, nor to such epithets as “swanking ” and “salonical.”"

Etymology

From salon + -ical, from the use of salon to refer to an intellectual and social gathering.

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