magistral

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative.
2. (obsolete) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.
3. Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A sovereign medicine or remedy.
2. (countable) A magistral line.
3. (uncountable) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

Synonyms

dogmatic

leading

magisterial

masterly

peremptory

principal

magistral line

authoritative

thetic

Translations

magistral

dogmatisch

rechthaberisch

αρχιπέλαγος

δογματικός

archipel

dogmatique

arcipelago

dogmatico

dogmatisch

arquipélago

dogmático

dogmático

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/

Etymology

From Middle French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.