crumenal

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English

Etymology

From Latin crumena (purse).

Noun

crumenal (plural crumenals)

  1. (obsolete) A purse.
    • 1850, Henry K. Oliver, Bees and Honey, in Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society for 1850, Essex Agricultural Society, page 115,
      and could only have rewarded, if they rewarded at all, by inserting their hands into their own crumenal pouches .

Derived terms

Adjective

crumenal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Monetary, fiscal.
    • 1881, R. Mounteney Jephson, “A Capital Farce for Snoole”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume 62, Richard Bentley & Son, page 534:
      I now plainly saw that Mr. Snoole's sincerity must be put to that most searching of tests—the crumenal one, the efficacy of which is so soon found out, and so simply illustrated by schoolboys:—"Will you take your oath?—"Yes."—"Will you bet sixpence?"—"No."
  2. (by extension, obsolete) Decisive, conclusive.
    • 1890, R. W. Burke, “The Principles of Soundness and Unsoundness in Horses”, in Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology, volume 30, page 164:
      Again, some practitioners are of the opinion that a "pumiced" condition of the sole is the crumenal diagnostic test, and indicative of chronic laminitis.