microscopial
English
editEtymology
editFrom microscope + -ial.
Adjective
editmicroscopial (comparative more microscopial, superlative most microscopial)
- (archaic) microscopic
- 1744, George Berkeley, Siris, a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries, concerning the virtues of tar-water:
- It is a vulgar remark , that the works of art do not bear a nice microscopial inspection
References
edit- “microscopial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.