aoristicadj.
/eɪəˈrɪstɪk/ 1. Undefined, indeterminate.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague
cloudyc1400
indeterminatec1400
diffuse1430
diffused?1456
obscure?a1475
infinite1520
ambiguous1529
indistincta1530
nubilous1533
dark1557
undetermined1588
undefinite1589
undeterminate1603
indetermined1611
undefined1611
suspense1624
umbrageous1635
clouded1641
undeterminated1641
fuliginous1646
implicit1660
vague1690
diffusive1709
nubilose1730
foggy1737
unliquidated1780
hazy1781
indecisive1815
nebulous1817
penumbral1819
aoristic1846
scumbled1868
nubiform1873
out-of-focus1891
fuzzy1937
soft focus1938
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvi. 486 In the genuine Grecian epic, the theme was an unknown and aoristic past.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. xv. 277 Like certain aoristic combinations in music, like tones of a stringed instrument swept by the wind, enticing, unseizable.
2. Of or pertaining to the aorist tense.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past > aorist
aorist1583
aoristical1751
aoristic1860
1860 C. J. Ellicott Hist. Lect. Life Our Lord vii. 334 The contested ἀπέστειλεν (John xviii. 24) is taken in its simple aoristic sense.
1876 F. W. Farrar Greek Syntax (ed. 8) §124 The existence of the aoristic termination in such perfects as vixi, scrip-si, etc.
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