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coronial

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -əʊniəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, by or pertaining to a coroner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIV, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt When the station was reached the doctor, of course, said that Garfield's death had been instantaneous, and as he was vested with coronial powers a formal inquest was held before burial.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to coronides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A baby conceived or born during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially one apparently conceived during a lockdown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pandemic baby

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From coroner + -ial. By surface analysis, Latin coron(a) (“crown, wreath”) + -i- + -al.

By surface analysis, Latin coron(is) (“curved stroke, flourish in writing”) + -i- + -al.

Blend of coronavirus + millennial.