firmamental
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From firmament + -al (“of, pertaining to”, suffix forming an adjective).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
[edit]firmamental (not comparable)
- Of, belonging to, or relating to the firmament or heavens; celestial.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
- But there were certain early winter days in Casterbridge—days of firmamental exhaustion which followed angry south-westerly tempests—when, if the sun shone, the air was like velvet.
- (rare) Of, belonging to, or relating to support or strengthening.