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Definition of "adenoidal" []

  • Of or relating to the adenoids. (adjective)
  • Suggestive of the vocal sound caused by abnormally enlarged adenoids: a singer with an adenoidal voice. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "adenoidal" in a sentence
  • "More remarkable, it spawned three of the greatest comic creations in television history: namely, the adenoidal and long-suffering Olive, her misogynist husband Arthur, and the incomparable Blakey, with his toothbrush moustache and his catchphrase that still rings down the ages - "I'll get you, Butler!""
  • "Then, too, the services of the physician are often brought into requisition, to cure some physical ill, such as adenoidal growths, which may in a measure account for the delinquency of the child."
  • "I had to plug the word "adenoidal" into a popular search engine I thought it was Hebrew for "Lord" and it turns out it means "nasal"--which, given the 140-character Twitter limit, would have been a better word, since it would have left him with a few spare letters with which to call me a "douche.""