a combination of -ic and -al1, used in forming adjectives from nouns (rhetorical), providing synonyms to words ending in -ic (poetical), and providing an adjective with additional meanings to those in the -ic form (economical).
Origin of
-ical
Middle English < Latin
-icālis. See
-ic,
-al1
Words nearby
-ical
-iatry,
-ibility,
-ible,
-ibly,
-ic,
-ical,
-ically,
-ice,
-ician,
-ics,
-id
British Dictionary definitions for
-ical
suffix forming adjectives
a variant of -ic economical; fanatical
Derived forms of -ical
-ically, suffix forming adverbs
Word Origin for
-ical
from Latin
-icālis
