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tonsorial (adj.)

"pertaining to barbers," 1765, from -al (1) + Latin tonsorius "of or pertaining to shearing or shaving," from tonsor "a shaver, barber, shearer, clipper," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave, clip, crop," from PIE *tend-, from root *tem- "to cut." Generally used in an attempt at humor. Tonsorious in the same sense is attested from 1650s.

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Definitions of tonsorial from WordNet

tonsorial (adj.)
of or relating to barbers and barbering;
tonsorial work
tonsorial parlor
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