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Definition of Styptical
1. a. Styptic; astringent.
Definition of Styptical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Styptical
Literary usage of Styptical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... fust class styptical newspapers may be right for what anybody knows, or the
notions of a old 'ooman. But 'tis curus, if you comes to think, ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1806)
"... By the styptical balsam of Bacchus^ What work is there made, by the newspaper
trade, Of this man's and t'othor man's .station ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1806)
"... He'll not make such haste to o'ertake us, His threats we prevent, and his
cracks we cement By the styptical balsam of Bacchus. What work is there made, ..."
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