adenoidal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9

Definition of adenoidal

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
  2. Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
    “There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.”
    “Metzger, acting on instructions in the will, had retained this amiable, slightly adenoidal expert, for a percent of his valuation, to inventory and appraise Inverarity's stamp collection.”
    “Neither man has an alternative career in audiobook narration awaiting him upon retirement. Ron DeSantis speaks in a sort of monotone nag. Rishi Sunak can sound adenoidal.”

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Etymology

From adenoid + -al.

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