Sympotical

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of sympotic. rare

    "The most ungrateful material becomes pliable under his [Socrates’s] touch; and the light sympotical mode with which he treats the most difficult points of philosophy and knowledge, rivets the attention of all about him, without a possibility of ennui."

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"The most ungrateful material becomes pliable under his [Socrates’s] touch; and the light sympotical mode with which he treats the most difficult points of philosophy and knowledge, rivets the attention of all about him, without a possibility of ennui."

Etymology

From Latin sympoticus or Ancient Greek συμποτικός (sumpotikós) + -al.

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