piratical

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Pronunciation

/paɪˈɹætɪkɘl/(US)

Definition of piratical

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.

“A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;”
“He looks piratical, with his beard and long hair and single pearl earring, or like a jumble-sale 17th century nobleman.”

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adj

Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.

“A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;”
“He looks piratical, with his beard and long hair and single pearl earring, or like a jumble-sale 17th century nobleman.”
Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.

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From Latin pīrāticus + -al, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτικός (peirātikós); equivalent to pirate + -ical.

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