metical

noun

met·​i·​cal ˈme-ti-kəl 

ˌme-ti-ˈkäl

variants or metica

ˈme-ti-kə 

or less commonly meticais

ˈme-ti-(ˌ)kīz 

ˌme-ti-ˈkīsh

plural meticals or meticas also meticais

the basic monetary unit of Mozambique see Money Table

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, miskal (a unit of weight in Muslim countries), from Arabic mithqāl

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for metical

• reticle
• aesthetical
• genetical
• heretical
• magnetical
• poetical
• prophetical
• alphabetical
• antithetical
• arithmetical
• catechetical
• exegetical