bandboxical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bandbox +‎ -ical

Adjective[edit]

bandboxical (comparative more bandboxical, superlative most bandboxical)

  1. (archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
    • 1891, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek: And European Travels, page 461:
      Not later than last summer, this grand theatrical apartment was divided into a suite of shabby, bandboxical rooms for the accommodation of the Infant of Parma.
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