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periegetic

Syllables: pe·ri·e·get·icUK/ˌpɛ.ɹɪ.əˈd͡ʒɛ.tɪk/US/ˌpɛ.ɹi.əˈd͡ʒɛ.tɪk/

periegetic adjective: relating to a periegesis.

Adjective

periegetic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to a periegesis.
    • A periegesis is usually understood to be a geographical catalogue, cast in the form of a tour, often of a local area but sometimes more extended in scope. The form is related to local history. Modem scholarship has established that there was a specifically periegetic form of historiography...2001, Ian Rutherford, “Tourism and the Sacred: Pausanias and the Traditions of Greek Pilgrimage”, in Susan E[llen] Alcock, John F. Cherry, Jaś Elsner, editors, Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman...

Origin of periegetic

Borrowed from Koine Greek περιηγητικός (periēgētikós, “of or pertaining to a periegete (a writer of periegeses); descriptive”), from περιηγητής (periēgētḗs, “periegete”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’”).

Questions about periegetic

What does periegetic mean?
Periegetic means relating to a periegesis.
What part of speech is periegetic?
Periegetic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce periegetic?
Periegetic is pronounced /ˌpɛ.ɹɪ.əˈd͡ʒɛ.tɪk/ (UK).

Words near periegetic in the dictionary

  1. periecians
  2. periegeses
  3. periegesis
  4. periegete
  5. periegetes
  6. periegetic
  7. perielectrode
  8. periencephalitis
  9. periendosteal
  10. periendothelial
  11. perienteric

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