classical

Etymology
See classic § Etymology for history. =

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
 * 3)  Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
 * 4)  Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
 * 5) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
 * 6) * 1853,, "" in (8th ed.). Dated through The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, page 344
 * He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college.
 * 1) Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
 * a classical scholar
 * 1) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
 * classical dance.
 * 1) * 1848,, , volume 1, page 151.
 * Classical, provincial, and national synods.
 * 1)  Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
 * 1) * 1848,, , volume 1, page 151.
 * Classical, provincial, and national synods.
 * 1)  Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.

Usage notes
Various usage advisers give various for differentiating  from  by word sense distinctions and by collocational idiomaticness (that is, according to the way in which certain collocations tend to use one suffix more than the other idiomatically). For example (as pointed out by various authorities, including Bryan Garner in , fourth edition), tends to be preferred in the sense referring to "the classics" (in ancient literature, modern literature, or music), although  also sometimes serves in this sense. For copyeditorially inclined users of English, it is useful to know the twin pair of facts that apply to many usage prescriptions: the prescriptions are not invariably followed in respectable formal writing, but nonetheless it is widely considered preferable style to avoid flouting them.

Synonyms

 * (see Usage notes regarding differentiation.)

Translations

 * Arabic: تَقْلِيدِيّ, كْلَاسِيكِيّ
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 * Belarusian: класі́чны, клясы́чны
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 * Irish: clasaiceach
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 * Central Kurdish: کلاسیکی
 * Macedonian: класичен
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 * Cyrillic: класичан
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 * Armenian:
 * Danish: klassisk
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: clasaiceach
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ; کلاسیکی
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: класичан
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 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:, uchawdurol

Noun

 * 1)  One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist.