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gangsterical

adj

Etymology

From gangster + -ical.

  1. derived from *ǵʰengʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *ganganą✻
  3. inherited from *gangan✻
  4. inherited from gangan
  5. inherited from gangen
  6. suffixed as gangster — “gang + ster”
  7. suffixed as gangsterical — “gangster + ical”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of gangsterly.

    • Cocteau's famous essay on Indirect Criticism is retranslated; there are a pretty baby story by Gertrude Stein and gangsterical stories in the pungent style practised by our American cousins.
    • Three, South Africa is attempting by its gangsterical display of fire-power, to serve notice to the frontline states and other progressive forces in Africa that it means to persist in its nefarious ways.

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