storial
English
Etymology
From Middle English storial.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɔːɹɪ.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Adjective
storial (comparative more storial, superlative most storial)
- (obsolete) historical
References
- “storial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Either from storie + -al or a shortening of historial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌstɔriˈaːl/, /ˈstɔrial/
Adjective
storial (rare)
- Historical, genuine, factual.
- 1386, Chaucer, “v. 702”, in The Legend of Good Women[1]:
- And this is storial sooth, hit is no fable. Now, er I finde a man thus trewe and stable...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Related to history or historical events.
Descendants
- English: storial (obsolete)
References
- “storiā̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2019.