classical

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
adjective of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture
adjective of recognized authority or excellence

See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical or classic + -al or class + -ic + -al

Haley, “Harvard Studies in Classical Philology,” vol. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter
ECLIPSES OF THE SUN MENTIONED IN HISTORY--CLASSICAL. — The Story of Eclipses, George F. (George Frederick) Chambers
See Dr. Smith’s Dictionary of Classical Geography. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian

classical music, serious music

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