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pataphysical

pataphysical adjective: relating to pataphysics.

Adjective

pataphysical (comparative more pataphysical, superlative most pataphysical)

  1. Relating to pataphysics.
    • Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home1969, Lennon–McCartney, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles
    • [Fargue] couples a bent for discovery with a flair for creating a style suited to these astonishing circumnavigations, with their uncertain, hilarious or deceptive endings, to these ambiguous "dead ends cluttered with butterflies" where we observe the pataphysical creation of imaginary memories.1983, Dennis Poupard, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Gale Research, →ISBN, page 201

Forms of pataphysical

comparativemore pataphysical
superlativemost pataphysical

Words formed from pataphysical

Questions about pataphysical

What does pataphysical mean?
Pataphysical means relating to pataphysics.
What part of speech is pataphysical?
Pataphysical is an adjective.

Words near pataphysical in the dictionary

  1. Patani
  2. Patao
  3. Pataos
  4. pataphor
  5. pataphors
  6. pataphysical
  7. pataphysicalities
  8. pataphysicality
  9. pataphysically
  10. pataphysician
  11. pataphysicians

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