aural

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or characterized by an aura

   Various aural effects that precede a migraine headache.

2. 2
   adj

   of or pertaining to hearing or the ear

   An animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus.

Simplified etymology

Aural, recorded from the mid-19th century, comes from Latin auris “ear.” The Latin word shares an ancient root with the Old English ancestor of ear.

From Latin aura (“moving air, breeze, vital air”) + -al.

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