Meanings
adjective
- Pertaining to a siege.
Nor was this strong geographical position her [Florence's] only bulwark; the capital itself in those unskilful days of obsidional tactics was deemed impregnable except through famine.
1846–1847, Henry Edward Napier, “Miscellaneous Chapter for the Fifteenth Century”, in Florentine History, from the Earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany. … In Six Volumes, volume IV, London: Edward Moxon, →OCLC, page 3
Origin
- Latinobsidiōnālis
- Middle Englishobsidional
- Englishobsidional
From Middle English obsidional, from Latin obsidiōnālis, from obsidiō (“siege, blockade”), from obsidēre (“beset, besiege, hem in”).
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch belegerkundig, obsidionaal
- belegerkundigpertaining to a siege
- obsidionaalpertaining to a siege
- beleger-pertaining to a siege
- belegerings-pertaining to a siege
Finnish piiritys-
- piiritys-pertaining to a siege
French obsidional
- obsidionalpertaining to a siege
Italian ossidionale
- ossidionalepertaining to a siege
Turkish kuşatmasal
- kuşatmasalpertaining to a siege
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APA
obsidional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsidional
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“obsidional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsidional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obsidional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsidional.
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