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单词 democritical
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Democriticaladj.

Forms: 1600s Democriticall, 1600s–1700s Democritical.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Democriticus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Democriticus Democritic adj. + -al suffix1. Compare earlier Democritic adj.With Democritical atoms (compare quot. 1650 at sense 1) compare post-classical Latin atomi Democriticae (1538 or earlier). In Democritical stories (compare quot. 1725 at sense 2) after post-classical Latin fabulae Democriticae (1536 in Erasmus).
Obsolete. rare.
1. Ancient Greek Philosophy. = Democritean adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers
Pythagorical1570
Pythagorean1579
Anaxagorean1586
Pythagoric1589
Empedoclean1599
Democritean1603
Democritala1617
Democritical1650
atomical1653
Italic1662
Democritish1668
Anaximandrian1678
atomic1678
Democritic1678
Heraclitic1678
hylopathian1678
Parmenidean1678
Heracliticala1688
atomistic1695
Eleatic1695
atomistical1707
acousmatic1753
Pythagorico-Platonic1760
Zenonic1779
Heraclitean1791
neopythagorean1863
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Ep. Ded. To summon Democritical Atomes to conglobate into an intellectual Form.
2. Designating extraordinary or unbelievable stories and observations about the natural world, recorded by ancient natural philosophers such as Democritus.
ΚΠ
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 558 Not to mention Democritical Stories [L. fabulas Democriticas], do we not find..that there is a mighty Disagreement between an Oak and an Olive-Tree?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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