Meaning of brainial | Babel Free
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the brain.
- Brainy; smart, pertaining to or exhibiting intellect.
Examples
“In short, he became dead drunk, as it were, from brainial excitement. It is very true that genius is nearly allied to madness; and it becomes all, but particularly persons of a literary turn⟳ of mind⟳, to take⟳ warning, when tempted,— ...”
“[...] divided into digestory, brainial, muscular, bronchial, cutaneous, and renal.”
“Its dominant spirit would map out the brainial^([sic]) hemispheres with their convolutions into sections, arbitrarily labeled, as phrenology has done with the cranium.”
“Preparatory to this he invited some of his friends to a banquet, which is thus taken off by one of the daily papers : 'Last⟳ evening a party of gentlemen ate a 'brainial' dinner at Jones's restaurant, in Broadway, their host⟳ being Dr. T. S. Lambert.'”
“Be they called playing cards or face⟳ cards, the question⟳ remains, what brought about the banishment of this brainial banter? Brother Paul takes a closer look⟳. First up, the origins of playing cards. ORIGIN: Nobody knows ...”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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