adenoidal

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English

Etymology

adenoid +‎ -al

Pronunciation

Adjective

adenoidal (comparative more adenoidal, superlative most adenoidal)

  2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
  3. Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids. (of a voice)
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 344:
      There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.
    • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 4, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 68:
      Metzger, acting on instructions in the will, had retained this amiable, slightly adenoidal expert, for a percent of his valuation, to inventory and appraise Inverarity's stamp collection.
    • 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times‎:
      Neither man has an alternative career in audiobook narration awaiting him upon retirement. Ron DeSantis speaks in a sort of monotone nag. Rishi Sunak can sound adenoidal.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From adenoide +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: a‧de‧noi‧dal

Adjective

adenoidal m or f (plural adenoidais)

  1. (anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)
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