telepatheticadj.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlᵻpəˈθɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌtɛləpəˈθɛdɪk/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: telepathic adj.

Etymology: Alteration of telepathic adj., after sympathetic adj., apathetic adj., etc. In later use sometimes punning on pathetic adj.

= telepathic adj.In later use sometimes punning on pathetic adj., with the sense ‘characterized by a failure to communicate thoughts or intentions’.

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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adjective] > telepathic

thought-reading1844

telepathic1883

telepathetic1886

thought-transferential1890

mind-reading1904

1886 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 306/2 He was quite mistaken in supposing that Ramassy pretended to telepathetic powers.

1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook ix. 119 The functional interactions of hypnotic and telepathetic rapports.

1974 Times 2 July 14/4 Screening by means of a Faraday cage failed to inhibit the telepathetic rapport.

2010 Sun (Nexis) 28 June 55 With a combined 83 caps you'd expect a telepathic understanding. But it was more telepathetic as England's centre-backs were caught out time and again.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	telepathetic
释义	telepatheticadj. Brit. /ˌtɛlᵻpəˈθɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌtɛləpəˈθɛdɪk/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: telepathic adj. Etymology: Alteration of telepathic adj., after sympathetic adj., apathetic adj., etc. In later use sometimes punning on pathetic adj. = telepathic adj.In later use sometimes punning on pathetic adj., with the sense ‘characterized by a failure to communicate thoughts or intentions’. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adjective] > telepathic thought-reading1844 telepathic1883 telepathetic1886 thought-transferential1890 mind-reading1904 1886 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 306/2 He was quite mistaken in supposing that Ramassy pretended to telepathetic powers. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook ix. 119 The functional interactions of hypnotic and telepathetic rapports. 1974 Times 2 July 14/4 Screening by means of a Faraday cage failed to inhibit the telepathetic rapport. 2010 Sun (Nexis) 28 June 55 With a combined 83 caps you'd expect a telepathic understanding. But it was more telepathetic as England's centre-backs were caught out time and again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1886
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