-ical

adjective suffix

: -ic

symmetrical

geological

—sometimes differing from -ic in that adjectives formed with -ical have a wider or more transferred semantic range than corresponding adjectives in -ic

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Late Latin -icalis (as in clericalis clerical, radicalis radical)

Kids Definition

-ical

adjective suffix

-i·​cal

i-kəl

: -ic

symmetrical

geological