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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phys•i•cal /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to metaphysics:the metaphysical notions of meaning, truth, and beauty.
- Philosophyhighly abstract, subtle, or difficult to understand:You've become too metaphysical for me at this point.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phys•i•cal (met′ə fiz′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- Philosophy
- concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth.
- concerned with first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or substance.
- Philosophyhighly abstract, subtle, or abstruse.
- Literaturedesignating or pertaining to the poetry of an early group of 17th-century English poets, notably John Donne, whose characteristic style is highly intellectual and philosophical and features intensive use of ingenious conceits and turns of wit.
- [Archaic.]imaginary or fanciful.
- Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. See metaphysic, -al1
- late Middle English metaphisicalle 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metaphysical /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/ adj - relating to or concerned with metaphysics
- (of a statement or theory) having the form of an empirical hypothesis, but in fact immune from empirical testing and therefore (in the view of the logical positivists) literally meaningless
- (popularly) abstract, abstruse, or unduly theoretical
- incorporeal; supernatural
ˌmetaˈphysically adv Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Metaphysical /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/ adj - denoting or relating to certain 17th-century poets who combined intense feeling with ingenious thought and often used elaborate imagery and conceits. Notable among them were Donne, Herbert, and Marvell
n - a poet of this group
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