a. rare. [f. L. animalcul-um (see next) + -AR.]
1. Of or pertaining to animalcules.
1765. Tucker, Lt. Nat., I. 481. Imagine animalcules to take their rise in measuring from the width of their tail … then reckon by animalcular miles.
1823. Southey, in Q. Rev., XXX. 9. Dr. Dwight has a theory that the diseases … are produced by animalcular putrefaction.
1830. Coleridge, Ch. & State, 219. The moving fairy states of animalcular life.
† 2. Of or pertaining to Animalculism. Obs. rare.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., Systems of physic, of pathology … founded on the animalcular principles.
1807. Edin. Rev., XI. 81. Of the Animalcular system.
