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Plethonic

Plethonic adjective: pertaining to or characteristic of the Byzantine philosopher Gemistos Plethon (1355–1453).

Adjective

Plethonic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the Byzantine philosopher Gemistos Plethon (1355–1453).
    • The argument in this fragment becomes clear through a consideration of the Plethonic passage to which it is an answer […]1926 October, John Wilson Taylor, “More Light on Theodore of Gaza”, in Classical Philology, volume 21, →DOI, page 337
    Synonyms:
    Plethonian

Synonyms of Plethonic

Origin of Plethonic

From Plethon + -ic.

Questions about Plethonic

What does Plethonic mean?
Plethonic means pertaining to or characteristic of the Byzantine philosopher Gemistos Plethon (1355–1453).
What part of speech is Plethonic?
Plethonic is an adjective.

Words near Plethonic in the dictionary

  1. Pleterski
  2. plethodontid
  3. plethodontids
  4. Plethon
  5. Plethonian
  6. Plethonic
  7. plethora
  8. plethorae
  9. plethoral
  10. plethoras
  11. plethoretic

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