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satisfactual

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from satisfactio
  2. derived from satisfaccion
  3. inherited from satisfaccioun
  4. suffixed as satisfactual — “satisfaction + -ual”

Definitions

  1. Causing someone to feel satisfied

    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."
    • 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.
    • "Hamner is tew narrer-c'ntracted an' peniverous tu be very satisfactual tu his patrings," Solon Briggs remarked. "He is a very parsinumerous man."

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