aurigal

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin aurīgālis, from aurīga (charioteer).

Adjective

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aurigal (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to a chariot.
    • 1829, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned:
      [] the established thoroughfare for equestrian and aurigal travellers.
    • 1857, Notes and Queries, Series 2, Vol. 4[1], London: Bell & Daldy, page 205:
      I cannot help thinking that some incipient Jehu [] must have adopted the term furnished by Ainsworth to his new aurigal arrangement.
    • 2017, Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado, “Opening Address to the Varian Symposium”, in Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado, editor, Varian Studies Volume Three: A Varian Symposium, →ISBN, page 12:
      No evidence exists of his [Elagabalus's] alleged sexual versatility, of his averred convivial extravagance, of his famed aurigal or saltatory prowess, or of his reportedly wicked sense of humour.
    • 2019, Paul W. Kroll, “Lexical Landscapes and Textual Mountains in the High T’ang”, in Paul W. Kroll, editor, Critical Readings on Tang China, Vol. 3, Brill, →ISBN, page 1037:
      To return to Li Po and round out his views in poetry of the Lu Shan waterfall, we need only refer first to a couplet in his “Lu Mountain Ballad, Sent to ‘Emptyboat’ Lu, Aurigal Attendant,” so ably discussed by Elling Eide.

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