bandboxical

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adjective

Small and flimsy; poky.

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Meanings

adjectivebandboxical (comparative more bandboxical, superlative most bandboxical)

comparative more bandboxical · superlative most bandboxical

  1. archaicSmall and flimsy; poky.

    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.

    1891, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek: And European Travels, page 461

Origin

From bandbox + -ical.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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