personal
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French personel (modern: personnel).
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[edit] Adjective
personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)
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- Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
- Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
- Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.
- Done in person; without the intervention of another.
- Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
- Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
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of or pertaining to a particular person
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pertaining to the external or bodily appearance
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[edit] External links
- personal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Noun
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personal (plural personals)
- A advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
- A movable; a chattel.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Adjective
personal m. and f. (plural personales)
[edit] Noun
personal m. (plural personales)
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