mechanical

Definition

Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.

Etymology

From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.

Example Sentences

• "Thy Doll, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, Is in base durance and contagious prison, Haled thither by most mechanical and dirty hand."
• "all manner of silks were already become so vile and abject, that was any man seene to weare them, he was presently judged to be some countrie fellow, or mechanicall man."
• "mechanical engineering"

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