a. rare. [f. L. aconīt-um + -AL.] Of the character of aconite.
a. 1642. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 281. Almost ready to choak with the aconital bitterness and venom thereof.
1834. H. Miller, Sc. & Leg., vii. (1857), 98. The aconital bitterness of the preacher.
