TOPICALS

Noun

topicals

plural of topical

Anagrams

• capitols, coalpits, opticals, postical, slipcoat

Source: Wiktionary


TOPICAL

Top"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. Topic, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

2. (Rhet. & logic)

Definition: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.

3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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