Odic

//ˈoʊdɪk// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to odes.

    "The eighteenth century is generally lacking in great odic poetry."

  2. 2
    Synonym of odylic (“of or pertaining to the od or odyle (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”)”) historical

    "Reichenbach has detected, or fancies that he has detected a force, which he designates the odic force, distinct from magnetism and electricity, by which many of the more recondite phenomena of nature are apparently effected."

Synonyms

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odylic

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"The eighteenth century is generally lacking in great odic poetry."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ode + -ic.

Etymology 2

From od + -ic, modelled after German odisch.

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