aˌnatheˈmatical, a. and n. rare
[f. Gr. ἀναθεµατικ-ός (see anathema and -ic) + -al1.]
A. adj. Of the nature of an anathema. † B. n. = anathema. Obs.
| 1583 Exec. Treason (1675) 32 Their Curses, their Excommunications, their Sentences, and most solemn Anathematicals. [Also in Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1365/2.] 1775 Ash, Anathematical, relating to an anathema. 1882 Li-quor Christmas Ann. i. 27/1 To profane my lips with an anathematical expression. 1927 Scots Observer 22 Jan. 15/1 The tenets of militarism were fathered upon Carlyle and his name made anathematical. |