amphidromical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Amphidromia +‎ -ical

Adjective[edit]

amphidromical (comparative more amphidromical, superlative most amphidromical)

  1. Pertaining to the Amphidromia.
    • 1658: If any shall doubt why at the Amphidromicall Feasts, on the fifth day after the Childe was born presents were sent from friends, of Polipusses, and Cuttle-fishes? — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 213)