magistral
English
/ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/
adj
Definitions
- Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative.
- (obsolete) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.
- (pharmacology) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.
Etymology
Derived from French magistral derived from Latin magistrālis.
Origin
Latin
magistrālis
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- magistrality English
- magistrally English
- magister Latin
- magistrālis Latin
- magistrale Italian
- magistral French
- magistralement French
- magistral Spanish, Castilian
- maestral Old Occitan