participial
- n a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
- a of or relating to or consisting of participles
participial inflections
- Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm:The favorite participial utterance of a distinguished corps.
- But the Rumanian siren, speaking sonorously in a participial dialect of her own, is a fresh creation; and Hume Cronyn's Freddie Potts might be something straight out of the .
- Indeed, the favorite participial utterance of that distinguished corps is not once heard.