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elenchical

elenchical adjective: pertaining to an elench.

Adjective

elenchical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to an elench.
    • elenchical theory
    • elenchical theology

Origin of elenchical

From elench + -ical.

Questions about elenchical

What does elenchical mean?
Elenchical means pertaining to an elench.
What part of speech is elenchical?
Elenchical is an adjective.

Words near elenchical in the dictionary

  1. Elena
  2. Elenas
  3. elench
  4. elenchi
  5. elenchic
  6. elenchical
  7. elenchically
  8. elenchid
  9. elenchids
  10. elenchize
  11. elenchized

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