The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hermeneutic \Her`me*neu"tic\, Hermeneutical \Her`me*neu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to interpret: cf. F. herm['e]neutique.] Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1798, from hermeneutic + -al (1). Related: Hermeneutically.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to hermeneutics, the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts.
Usage examples of "hermeneutical".
But both the hermeneutical Left-Hand path and the structuralist Right-Hand path agreed that signs can only be understood contextually (whether in the context of shared social practices that provide the foreknowledge or background or context for common interpretation, or in the context of shared nonindividual linguistic structures.