Relating to an author or authorship; characteristic of or belonging to an author.
From Latin 'auctorial' (of or belonging to an author), derived from 'auctor' with the adjectival suffix '-ial', indicating a quality or attribute.
The adjective 'auctorial' lets scholars talk about 'auctorial intent'—what the author meant to communicate—which is way fancier than just saying 'what the author meant,' but it serves a real scholarly purpose!
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