constitutional
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
law
politics
Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱóm
From constitution + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Constitution is derived from Middle English constitucioun, constitucion (“edict, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute; body of laws or rules, or customs; body of fundamental principles; principle or rule (of science); creation”) from Old French constitucion (modern French constitution), a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem (“character, constitution, disposition, nature; definition; point in dispute; order, regulation; arrangement, system”), from cōnstituō (“to establish, set up; to confirm; to decide, resolve”) (from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + statuō (“to set up, station; to establish; to determine, fix”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”))) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions), -tiōnem (accusative singular of -tiō).
Base: constitution
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more constitutional
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most constitutional
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: constitutionals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or structure of one's body or mind.
pos: adj
examples: a constitutional infirmity   constitutional ardour or dullness
gloss: For the benefit of one's constitution or health.
pos: adj
examples: a constitutional walk
gloss: Relating to the constitution or composition of something; essential, fundamental.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to a legal or political constitution (“the basic law of a nation or institution; the formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institution”).
pos: adj
examples: a constitutional right   constitutional reforms
Brexit has rocked the foundations of the nation and plunged everyone into a state of heightened constitutional anxiety.
Some are already speculating that a constitutional crisis is brewing.
On January 18, 1810, Republican Senator Philip Reed introduced a constitutional amendment addressing the acceptance of titles of nobility by American citizens.³¹
A possible constitutional crisis loomed in Malawi following the reported death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, once hailed as a positive steward for the southern African country.
gloss: In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution.
pos: adj
examples: The Supreme Court ruled against the applicant and found the statute constitutional.
Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional: Same-sex marriage in Thailand will have to wait, as the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously today (Wednesday) that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, defining marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, is constitutional.
gloss: Of a monarch: having a purely ceremonial role, or possessing powers limited by a constitution rather than plenary or unlimited powers.
pos: adj
tags: also
gloss: Something that aids or fosters one's constitution (health):
pos: noun
examples: Moments of potential transcendence, such as an afternoon constitutional through an expressionistic wonderland recalling the Fuji Velvia vividness of What Dreams May Come, ring false in light of this project's mercenary origins.
it was then still just possible to have a relatively normal life at the family’s 25-bedroom mansion at 145 Piccadilly, from where the baby was taken for a two-hour constitutional in her pram to Hyde Park and back every day by her governess.
gloss: Something that aids or fosters one's constitution (health):
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
examples: morning constitutional
For Mac McCrary and me, the Tet Offensive of 1968 begins as we sit in the outhouse. Since things are in such disorder, sergeants have been invited to use the officers' facility. We both arrive at the latrine at the same time to take a constitutional.
The painter looked up at the ceiling. He listened to the woman's television and wondered what to do. He got out of bed. The painter started the coffee pot. He went into the bathroom to take his morning constitutional. The poor painter could still hear the woman's television. Christ, how he hated her.
Or there was the quickie hire of the White dressed up to look like you the hirer yourself in a hoodie (fashion out of the film Rocky, guaranteed in writing) thundering along'n'away for a quickie ten-kays early-morning constitutional to clear out the tubes, fitness being part of your innate lifestyle out of the clean slate of your mind, and not the way your waistline was trying to meet the core of your gravity face-to-face.
Related words: constituency
constituent
constitute
constitution
constitutioned
constitutionist
constitutionless
constitutive
constitutively
constitutiveness
constitutor
Derived words: anticonstitutional
anti-constitutional
anticonstitutionalist
anticonstitutionally
constitutional amendment
constitutional carry
constitutional court
constitutional crisis
constitutionalisation
constitutionalization
constitutionalise
constitutionalize
constitutionalism
constitutionalist
constitutionalistic
constitutionality
constitutional law
constitutionally
constitutional monarchist
constitutional monarchy
constitutional right
constitutional silver
constitutional type
cuntstitutional
extraconstitutional
hyperconstitutional
infraconstitutional
metaconstitutional
misconstitutional
nonconstitutional
nonconstitutionality
nonconstitutionally
postconstitutional
preconstitutional
semi-constitutional
semiconstitutional
unconstitutional
unconstitutionalism
unconstitutionality
unconstitutionally
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