brahminical
see also: Brahminical
Pronunciation
Brahminical
Adjective
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see also: Brahminical
Pronunciation
- IPA: /brəˈmɪnəkəl/
brahminical (not comparable)
- Of or relating to brahmins or Brahmanism.
- 1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim (novel), Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Chapter 11, p. 254,
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, 1992, Part 2, Chapter 4, p. 435,
- Despite the strict brahminical régime of his household, W. C. Tuttle was all for modernity.
- 1995, Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance, London: Faber & Faber, 1997, Chapter 3, p. 113,
- [Pandit Lalluram] pivoted on one buttock and broke wind. Dukhi leaned back to allow it free passage, wondering what penalty might adhere to the offence of interfering with the waft of brahminical flatus.
Brahminical
Adjective
brahminical
- Alternative form of brahminical
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