historical

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective of or relating to the study of history
adjective having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
adjective belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical.

Historical Account of Nantwich, 8vo. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle
The same applies to historical events. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
The Old Tom looked very historical. — Fairy Prince and Other Stories, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

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