gladiatorial

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat

   “gladiatorial combats”

Questions about gladiatorial

What does gladiatorial mean?

gladiatorial means "of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat".

How many syllables are in gladiatorial?

gladiatorial has 6 syllables: gla-di-a-to-ri-al. The stress falls on "ri".

Is gladiatorial a common word?

gladiatorial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.