Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to intelligence.
In the line of light bringers who pass from hand to hand the torch of intelligential fire, there are men of most unequal stature, and a giant may stoop to take the precious flambeau from a dwarf.
1918, Henry A. Beers, A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century2 more examples
[…] in at his mouth The Devil entered; and his brutal sense, In heart or head, possessing, soon inspired With act intelligential; but his sleep Disturbed not, waiting close the approach of morn.
1667, John Milton, Paradise LostNor demonstration physical alone, Or more intelligential and abstruse, Persuades me to this faith; but from that truth It cometh to me rather, which is shed Through Moses, the rapt Prophets, and the Psalms.
1814, The Rev. H. F. Cary, M.A., The Vision of Paradise, Part 3.
Origin
From Latin intelligentia (“intelligence”) + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish intelligensmæssig
- intelligensmæssigof or pertaining to intelligence
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