affectual
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Etymology edit
From Latin affectus (“mental disposition, desire”).
Adjective edit
affectual (comparative more affectual, superlative most affectual)
- Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet:
- Lust not only affectual, but actual, is dispensed with.
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References edit
- “affectual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.