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bandboxical

adj

Etymology

From bandbox + -ical.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as bandbox — “band + box”
  8. suffixed as bandboxical — “bandbox + ical”

Definitions

  1. Small and flimsy

    Small and flimsy; poky.

    • Not later than last summer, this grand theatrical apartment was divided into a suite of shabby, bandboxical rooms for the accommodation of the Infant of Parma.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA