satisfactual meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

satisfactual

adj

Etymology Uncertain; apparently from satisfaction + -ual. Now chiefly associated with the 1946 song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (see quotation below).

Dialectal, Nonstandard Causing someone to feel satisfied; satisfactory.

Bill will return to Washington and report the action of his "high j'int," and that will be all "satisfactual" for the common "good of the country."1877 March 9, Montgomery Daily Advertiser, volume 13 (new series), number 144, Montgomery, A.L.: [s.n.], page 3, column 2:
But on account er me an' Sis, I'm willin' to extracise my bes' judgment. It mayn't be satisfactual, but me and Sis is mighty long-headed when we pulls tergether.1883 June, Joel Chandler Harris, “At Teague Poteet's: A Sketch of the Hog Mountain Range, in Two Parts: Part II”, in The Century Magazine, volume XXVI, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, page 186, column 1:

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"Hamner is tew narrer-c'ntracted an' peniverous tu be very satisfactual tu his patrings," Solon Briggs remarked. "He is a very parsinumerous man."1887, Rowland E[vans] Robinson, Uncle Lisha's Shop: Life in a Corner of Yankeeland, New York, N.Y.: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., page 60:
J. P. Jorgensen's Auction Sale Wednesday, is reported as being very satisfactual in every respect.1911 November 10, “More Personals”, in The Gustine Standard, volume 2, number 45, Gustine, C.A.: [s.n.], page 4, column 4:
Mister blue bird's on my shoulder / It's the truth / It's actual / Everything is satisfactual1946 November 12, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, Ray Gilbert (lyrics), Allie Wrubel (music)performed by James Baskett, from Song of the South:
So my first experience was masturbation, intentional and experimental, which proved quite shocking and satisfactual. I had no particular regrets excepting slight religious guiltiness.1963, Glen A. Brackbill, Yvonne Brackbill, anonymous quotee, “Some Reactions to First Remembered Sexual Climax”, in Manfred F. DeMartino, editor, Sexual Behavior and Personality Characteristics, New York, N.Y.: The Citadel Press, page 233: