† dianoeticaladj.
Obsolete.
= dianoetic adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [adjective]
intellectualc1454
intellectivea1475
skilful1532
dianoetical1570
intelligential1611
noetical1644
noetic1653
dianoetic1677
intellectile1677
spiritual1701
mental1840
noematic1860
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective]
reasoningc1454
dianoetical1570
discoursing1571
discoursory1581
ratiocinative1585
discoursive1588
discursive1595
discoursative1604
discursory1614
logistic1638
logistical1644
discussive1645
rationative1650
dianoetic1677
reasoned1684
ratiocinatory1728
raisonné1777
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ☞v The Mercurial fruite of Dianœticall discourse.
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 97 The disposition dianoeticall is when one axiome by reason is inferred of another.
1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 253 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. As if the one were Noematical, the other Dianoetical.
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adj.1570