seminal

Etymology

From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.

Adjective

seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)

1. Of or relating to seed or semen.
2. Creative or having the power to originate.
3. Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
   • Hare

     The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.

   "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.

   • 2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:

     For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....

Noun

seminal (plural seminals)

1. (obsolete) A seed.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     the seminals of spiders and scorpions

Anagrams

• Elamins, isleman, menials, salmine

Adjective

seminal m, f (plural seminais, comparable)

1. (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
2. (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
3. seminal; creative; inventive
4. seminal (highly influential)

Adjective

seminal (plural seminales)

1. (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
2. (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
3. seminal; creative; inventive
4. seminal (highly influential)