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apotelesmatic

apotelesmatic adjective: relating to the casting of horoscopes.

Adjective

apotelesmatic (comparative more apotelesmatic, superlative most apotelesmatic)

  1. (obsolete) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
    • It will easily be supposed that when this apotelesmatic or judicial astrology obtained firm possession of men's minds, it would be pursued into innumerable subtle distinctions and extravagant conceits1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
  2. Relating to an issue of fulfilment.
    • In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment.1852 July, Moses Stuart, “Observations on Matthew 24:29-31”, in The Bibliotheca Sacra and American Biblical Repository

Forms of apotelesmatic

comparativemore apotelesmatic
superlativemost apotelesmatic

Origin of apotelesmatic

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποτελεσματικός (apotelesmatikós), from ἀποτέλεσμα (apotélesma, “effect of the stars on human destiny”). Morphologically, from apotelesm + -atic.

Questions about apotelesmatic

What does apotelesmatic mean?
Apotelesmatic means relating to the casting of horoscopes.
What part of speech is apotelesmatic?
Apotelesmatic is an adjective.

Words near apotelesmatic in the dictionary

  1. apotele
  2. apoteles
  3. apotelesm
  4. apotelesma
  5. apotelesmata
  6. apotelesmatic
  7. apotelesmatical
  8. apotelesms
  9. apotemnophilia
  10. apotemnophilic
  11. apotemnophobia

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