Acroamatic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to hearing. archaic, rare
"Prate they not cataracts of insensible noise, / That with obstreperous cadence cracks the organs / Acroamatick, till the deaf auditor / Admires the words he heares not?"
- 2 Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated.
"How to begin such warfare against sovereign religion in times ruled by the very zealots against whom one must fight? How else but covertly, enigmatically, in the acroamatic manner practiced so beautifully in Holy War?"
- 3 Based on lectures or exposition by monologue.
"Coordinate term: erotematic"
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More examples"Prate they not cataracts of insensible noise, / That with obstreperous cadence cracks the organs / Acroamatick, till the deaf auditor / Admires the words he heares not?"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (“esoteric”), at first chiefly in reference to the “esoteric” and originally oral teachings of Aristotle, from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός (akroamatikós, “for hearing only; esoteric”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “to listen”).
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