Platonicaladj.

Brit.

/pləˈtɒnᵻkl/, U.S.

/pləˈtɑnək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Platonicall, 1500s– Platonical. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Platōnicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin Platōnicus Platonic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier Platonic adj.

1. = Platonic adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [adjective] > Platonic

Platonic1533

Platonical1556

Platonian1595

Platonistic1857

1556 N. Grimald tr. Ciceroes Thre Bokes iii. f. 123 (margin) The tale of the Platonicall Gyges.

1586 T. Bowes in tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. Ep. Ded. sig. *vj This Platonical Academie & Schoole of Moral Philosophie..hewen out of the choicest timber of all Countries.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica (title page) A Platonicall song of the soul.

1697 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attrib. (ed. 4) xvii. 322 If in the Platonical Philosophy there are some things directing to it, yet they are but frigidly exprest.

1706 S. Clarke Let. to Mr. Dodwell 29 There is no real difference between the Platonical Notions and those of the new Testament.

1725 J. JAckson Def. Human Liberty ii. 162 There is no real difference betwixt the Platonical and Stoical Philosophy in the Opinion of Fate, and the Freedom of humane Actions.

1803 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 442 To found a Christian platonical pantisocratical republic.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 612/1 The attempt to divide matter from substance and look upon things sensible as not sensible, has led to all the Pythagorean and Platonical inventions, which he regards with so much dislike.

1932 R. Macauley Shadow Flies ii. xi. 254 Mr. More..expounds the universe and the Platonical soul to 'em in St. Clement's Church of a Monday afternoon.

1990 Opera Now May 34/2 The superannuated critic hunted about for some platonical reference to the eternal verities.

2. = Platonic adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > relating to platonic or non-sexual love

Platonical1612

Platonic1631

unlibidinous1667

unamorous1668

unsensual1850

asexual1894

supersexual1895

sex-free1929

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. xi. 241 My loue and hers haue beene euer Platonicall.

1636 W. Davenant Platonick Lovers Epil. sig.L^v Since not..amongst you all Hee can find one will prove Platonicall.

1690 W. Mountfort Successful Straingers ii. ii. 14 Ah that I could perswade this Platonical Fool..to Marry Biancha.

?1780 tr. Mouchet Hist. Dict. Love I. 35 An ancient author maintains, that Charles VII. had but a platonical love for Agnes.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX lxxvi. 43 The noblest kind of Love is Love Platonical.

1893 Z. A. Ragozin tr. A. Leroy-Beaulieu Empire Tsars & Russians iii. iv. 211 Nihilism has had its mystical or platonical unions, its married couples that were not such in reality.

1924 Mod. Philol. 22 97 The Rosalind affair may have been purely platonical and regulated by the attenuated conventions of a Renaissance court of love.

Compounds

† Platonical body n. Geometry Obsolete = Platonic body n. at Platonic adj. and n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional > regular solids

Platonical body1571

Platonic body1704

Platonic solid1762

1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Pref. sig. Siv^v I haue thought good to adioyne this Treatise of the 5 Platonicall bodies.

1731 J. Good Art Shadows (ed. 3) xxxiii. 163 They are also called the five regular Platonical Bodies, because Plato was the Inventor of them.

† Platonical year n. Obsolete = Platonic year n. at Platonic adj. and n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > cycle of movement

Platonic year1639

Platonical year1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Platonical year (annus platonicus) is every 36000th. year, when some Philosophers imagined, all persons and things should return to the same state as now they are.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 468 The compliment on this medal to the Emperor Adrian, is in all respects the same that Virgil makes to Pollio's son, at whose birth he supposes the annus magnus or platonical year run out, and renewed again with the opening of the Golden Age.

Derivatives

† Platonicalness n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Platonism

academy1549

Platonism1570

academy school1603

academicism1695

Platonicalness1713

academism1733

1713 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues (ed. 2) To Rdr. p. vi Which therefore agrees well with the Platonicalness of Cuphophron's Genius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platonical
释义	Platonicaladj. Brit. /pləˈtɒnᵻkl/, U.S. /pləˈtɑnək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Platonicall, 1500s– Platonical. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Platōnicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin Platōnicus Platonic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier Platonic adj. 1. = Platonic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [adjective] > Platonic Platonic1533 Platonical1556 Platonian1595 Platonistic1857 1556 N. Grimald tr. Ciceroes Thre Bokes iii. f. 123 (margin) The tale of the Platonicall Gyges. 1586 T. Bowes in tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. Ep. Ded. sig. vj This Platonical Academie & Schoole of Moral Philosophie..hewen out of the choicest timber of all Countries. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica* (title page) A Platonicall song of the soul. 1697 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attrib. (ed. 4) xvii. 322 If in the Platonical Philosophy there are some things directing to it, yet they are but frigidly exprest. 1706 S. Clarke Let. to Mr. Dodwell 29 There is no real difference between the Platonical Notions and those of the new Testament. 1725 J. JAckson Def. Human Liberty ii. 162 There is no real difference betwixt the Platonical and Stoical Philosophy in the Opinion of Fate, and the Freedom of humane Actions. 1803 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 442 To found a Christian platonical pantisocratical republic. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 612/1 The attempt to divide matter from substance and look upon things sensible as not sensible, has led to all the Pythagorean and Platonical inventions, which he regards with so much dislike. 1932 R. Macauley Shadow Flies ii. xi. 254 Mr. More..expounds the universe and the Platonical soul to 'em in St. Clement's Church of a Monday afternoon. 1990 Opera Now May 34/2 The superannuated critic hunted about for some platonical reference to the eternal verities. 2. = Platonic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > relating to platonic or non-sexual love Platonical1612 Platonic1631 unlibidinous1667 unamorous1668 unsensual1850 asexual1894 supersexual1895 sex-free1929 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. xi. 241 My loue and hers haue beene euer Platonicall. 1636 W. Davenant Platonick Lovers Epil. sig.L^v Since not..amongst you all Hee can find one will prove Platonicall. 1690 W. Mountfort Successful Straingers ii. ii. 14 Ah that I could perswade this Platonical Fool..to Marry Biancha. ?1780 tr. Mouchet Hist. Dict. Love I. 35 An ancient author maintains, that Charles VII. had but a platonical love for Agnes. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX lxxvi. 43 The noblest kind of Love is Love Platonical. 1893 Z. A. Ragozin tr. A. Leroy-Beaulieu Empire Tsars & Russians iii. iv. 211 Nihilism has had its mystical or platonical unions, its married couples that were not such in reality. 1924 Mod. Philol. 22 97 The Rosalind affair may have been purely platonical and regulated by the attenuated conventions of a Renaissance court of love. Compounds † Platonical body n. Geometry Obsolete = Platonic body n. at Platonic adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional > regular solids Platonical body1571 Platonic body1704 Platonic solid1762 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Pref. sig. Siv^v I haue thought good to adioyne this Treatise of the 5 Platonicall bodies. 1731 J. Good Art Shadows (ed. 3) xxxiii. 163 They are also called the five regular Platonical Bodies, because Plato was the Inventor of them. † Platonical year n. Obsolete = Platonic year n. at Platonic adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > cycle of movement Platonic year1639 Platonical year1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Platonical year (annus platonicus) is every 36000th. year, when some Philosophers imagined, all persons and things should return to the same state as now they are. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 468 The compliment on this medal to the Emperor Adrian, is in all respects the same that Virgil makes to Pollio's son, at whose birth he supposes the annus magnus or platonical year run out, and renewed again with the opening of the Golden Age. Derivatives † Platonicalness n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Platonism academy1549 Platonism1570 academy school1603 academicism1695 Platonicalness1713 academism1733 1713 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues (ed. 2) To Rdr. p. vi Which therefore agrees well with the Platonicalness of Cuphophron's Genius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1556
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