dapatical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dapaticus, from daps (“feast, banquet”).

Adjective[edit]

dapatical (comparative more dapatical, superlative most dapatical)

  1. (obsolete) Sumptuous in cheer.
    • 1965, W[ystan] H[ugh] Auden, “Thanksgiving for a Habitat. Tonight at Seven-thirty (for M. F. K. Fisher).”, in About the House, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Random House, →OCLC, page 31:
      [M]en / and women who enjoy the cloop of corks, appreciate / dapatical fare, yet can see in swallowing / a sign act of reverence, / in speech a work of re-presenting / the true olamic silence.
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