authorial

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adjective

Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)

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autorialauctorial
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English author ← Middle English auctour →
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Meanings

adjectiveauthorial (comparative more authorial, superlative most authorial)

comparative more authorial · superlative most authorial

  1. Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)

    But no, you have an authorial obligation to determine that this rock is not magical.

    2013, Kazerad, Quill-Weave: Research, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), June 4 2013

    Synonyms: autorial, auctorial

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)

Similar
autorialauctorial

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or by or typical of an author

Similar
auctorial
Also see
auctorial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*augejō
  4. Proto-Italic*augeō
  5. Latinaugeō
  6. Latinauctor
  7. Anglo-Normanautour
  8. Middle Englishauctour
  9. Englishauthor
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishauthorial

From author + -ial.

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Translations

Bulgarian а́вторски
  • а́вторски (ávtorski)Translations
Finnish kirjoittajan
  • kirjoittajanTranslations
French autorial
  • autorialTranslations
Hungarian szerzői
  • szerzőiTranslations
Italian autorale
  • autoraleTranslations
Lithuanian autori̇̀nis
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Polish autorski, autorczy
  • autorskiTranslations
  • autorczyTranslations
Portuguese autoral
  • autoralTranslations
Spanish autoral
  • autoralTranslations
Ukrainian а́вторський
  • а́вторський (ávtorsʹkyj)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with authorial

editorialmemorialtutorialequatorialterritorialjanitorialpictorialcombinatorialborealgubernatorialfactorialsenatorialdirectoriallorealdictatorialarmorialprosecutorialcuratorialcorporealimmemorialprofessorialarborealmultifactorialconspiratorial
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Cite this entry
APA

authorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authorial

MLA

“authorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authorial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “authorial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authorial.

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