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Meaning of piratical | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/paɪˈɹætɪkɘl/

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
  2. Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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