GASTRONOMICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gastronomical mean? 

• GASTRONOMICAL (adjective)
  The adjective GASTRONOMICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to gastronomy

  Familiarity information: GASTRONOMICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTRONOMICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to gastronomy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

gastronomic; gastronomical

Context example:

gastronomic adventures

Pertainym:

gastronomy (a particular style of cookery (as of a region))

Derivation:

gastronomy (the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food)

 Context examples 

I again felt rather like an individual of but average gastronomical powers sitting down to feast alone at a table spread with provisions for a hundred.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)