What does piratical mean?
Piratical means Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates..
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/paɪˈɹætɪkɘl/ · adjective
Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates..
A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;
He looks piratical, with his beard and long hair and single pearl earring, or like a jumble-sale 17th century nobleman.
Use piratical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Piratical means Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates..
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A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work, So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;
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