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SEMINAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing seeds of later development
Example:
seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another
Synonyms:
germinal; originative; seminal
Classified under:
Similar:
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen
Example:
seminal fluid
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
semen (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)
Context examples:
The artist himself was at that time busy upon two great designs; the first, to sow land with chaff, wherein he affirmed the true seminal virtue to be contained, as he demonstrated by several experiments, which I was not skilful enough to comprehend.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
