royal

adj.monarchical, grand

Antonyms for royal

blue

adjective. sky, sea color

Word Origin & History

mid-13c., "fit for a king;" late 14c., "pertaining to a king," from Old French roial "royal, regal; splendid, magnificent" (12c., Modern French royal), from Latin regalis "of a king, kingly, royal, regal," from rex (genitive regis) "king" (see rex). Meaning "thorough, total" attested from 1940s; that of "splendid, first-rate" from 1853.

Battle royal (1670s) preserves the French custom of putting the adjective after the noun (cf. attorney general); the sense of the adjective here is "on a grand scale" (cf. pair-royal "three of a kind in cards or dice," c.1600). The Royal Oak was a tree in Boscobel in Shropshire in which Charles II hid himself during flight after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Sprigs of oak were worn to commemorate his restoration in 1660.

Example Sentences forroyal

That graceful maiden is too lovely for any destiny meaner than a royal marriage.

The morning after his arrival, Artaphernes had a private audience with his royal master.

“Not but what she would have royal example,” muttered Tibble aside.

But the Holy Laws no longer needed the safe shelter of a royal shrine.

Three weeks later Parliament was dissolved by Royal commission.

I said, that I should not be affected by the splendour of even a royal title.

The bill, substantially unaltered, received the Royal assent July 26, 1869.

The Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family were present.

Even in antiquity the wiseacres took our royal buffoon too seriously.

Yet we have all heard the lengths to which your royal generosity runs.

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