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Constitutional 无 Adj Meaning Beneficial Bodily Constitution `Kɔnsti'tju:ʃənəl

单词 constitutional
音标 [`kɔnsti'tju:ʃənəl]
解释 a.章程的,法规的;素质上的,本质的
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字源 constitutional (adj.)
1680s, "pertaining to a person's (physical or mental) constitution," from constitution + -al (1). Meaning "beneficial to bodily constitution" is from 1750. Meaning "authorized or allowed by the political constitution" is from 1765. Constitutional monarchy is recorded from 1801, from French. Related: Constitutionally.
constitutional (n.)
"a constitutional walk," 1829, probably originally among university students, from constitutional (adj.) in the "beneficial to bodily health" sense.
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