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atechnic

atechnic adjective: without technical or artistic knowledge; untechnical.

Adjective

atechnic (not comparable)

  1. (dated, rare, usually related to Ancient Greek rhetoric) Without technical or artistic knowledge; untechnical.
    • atechnic presentations of proof
    • It may be difficult to convey to the atechnic reader that full apprehension of the wonder of such work as this, which will seize upon every etcher when he examines it.1866, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Etching & Etchers, Boston: Roberts Brothers, published 1876, pages 399–400

Origin of atechnic

From a- + technic.

Questions about atechnic

What does atechnic mean?
Atechnic means without technical or artistic knowledge; untechnical.
What part of speech is atechnic?
Atechnic is an adjective.

Words near atechnic in the dictionary

  1. ATEAC
  2. atebrin
  3. atebrine
  4. atebrines
  5. atebrins
  6. atechnic
  7. ated
  8. atef
  9. atefs
  10. ategmic
  11. ateji

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