ellipticalPronunciation: /ɪˈlɪptɪk(ə)l/Translate elliptical | into German | into Italian Definition of elliptical adjective 1(of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand: elliptical colloquial exchanges she had completely misunderstood his elliptical declaration 2another term for elliptic.Derivatives elliptically adverb elliptical in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of elliptical in the US English dictionary