phosphorical

adj

adj

Etymology From phosphor + -ical, or directly from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “bringing light”) + -ical.

Obsolete Producing light; luminous, glittering.

If a relish for the broad mirth of fun characterize the lower class of english, the french of every denomination are equally delighted with a phosophorical, sentimental gilding.1794, Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution:

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