expressional

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/ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən.əl//ɛkˈspɹɛʃ.ən.əl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, genetics, the face or the arts

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveexpressional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to expression, either in language, genetics, the face or the arts
    1 more example

    What it would be really interesting, and I dare say admirably difficult, to go into would be the very history of this effect of experience; the history, in other words, of the growth of the immense array of terms, perceptional and expressional, that, after the fashion I have indicated, in sentence, passage and page, simply looked over the heads of the standing terms—or perhaps rather, like alert winged creatures, perched on those diminished summits and aspired to a clearer air.

    1909, Henry James, "Preface", The Golden Bowl (Scribner, New York, 1909)

Origin

  1. Englishexpression
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishexpressional

From expression + -al.

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APA

expressional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressional

MLA

“expressional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expressional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressional.

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