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philosophick

philosophick is the obsolete form of philosophic.

Meaning of philosophic

Adjective

philosophic (comparative more philosophic, superlative most philosophic)

  1. Synonym of philosophical.
    • ’Tis certain, that, while we aſpire to the magnanimous Firmneſs of the philoſophic Sage, and endeavour to confine our Pleaſures altogether within our own Minds, we may, at laſt, render our Philoſophy, like that of Epictetus and other Stoics, only a more refin’d Syſtem of Selfiſhneſs, and reaſon...1748, [David Hume], “Essay V. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts.”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, part I, page 69
    Synonyms:
    philosophical

Forms of philosophick

comparativemore philosophick
superlativemost philosophick

Questions about philosophick

What is philosophick the obsolete form of?
Philosophick is the obsolete form of philosophic.

Words near philosophick in the dictionary

  1. philosophicalness
  2. philosophication
  3. philosophications
  4. philosophicide
  5. philosophicides
  6. philosophick
  7. philosophico-psychological
  8. philosophicohistorical
  9. philosophicolegal
  10. philosophicopsychological
  11. philosophicoreligious

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