Hermaicadj.n.
/həˈmeɪɪk/ 1.
a. Of or belonging to Hermes Trismegistus; = hermetic adj. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to author of
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Hermaic1678
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 320 All the Hermaick or Trismegistick Books that are now extant.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §287 Speculations contained in the Hermaic writings.
1872 W. Mathews Getting on in World (1873) ix. 132 To distinguish between the ‘me’ and the ‘non-me’ with more than Hermaic subtlety.
b. as n. (plural) The writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus.
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1678 R. Cudworth tr. Jamblichus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 325 Those Books which Porphyrius saith he met withal, (namely the Hermaicks, and those Writings of Chæremon).
2. = Hermaean adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > kind or size of statue
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colossean1644
iconic1656
colossal1712
heroic1712
pedestrian1722
Persian1728
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Hermaic1820
lifelike1836
polylithic1839
stolated1856
life-size1859
Heraclean1883
1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. xxviii He compared them to the Hermaic statues, so common in their streets.
1876 A. Wilder in R. P. Knight Symbol. Lang. Anc. Art 63 (note) Four-square, like the Hermaic pillars.
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