martial: Palabra del día: September 22, 2019
martial , adj :
(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike. (comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life. (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars. (not comparable, astronomy, obsolete) Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian. (not comparable, chemistry, medicine, obsolete) Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous. To mark the premiere of English composer Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite The Planets on 29 September 1918, we are featuring a series of words relating to the planets in the Solar System. One of the suite’s movements is Mars, the Bringer of War, composed 105 years ago in 1914.
(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike. (comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life. (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars. (not comparable, astronomy, obsolete) Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian. (not comparable, chemistry, medicine, obsolete) Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous. To mark the premiere of English composer Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite The Planets on 29 September 1918, we are featuring a series of words relating to the planets in the Solar System. One of the suite’s movements is Mars, the Bringer of War, composed 105 years ago in 1914.
