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teleiotic

teleiotic adjective: complete, perfect.

Adjective

teleiotic (comparative more teleiotic, superlative most teleiotic)

  1. (rare) Complete, perfect.
    • It seems therefore to imply, that the Mysteries of the Law were of the lower sort, Cathartic only, not Teleiotic.1702, Henry Dodwell, Concerning Marriages in Different Communions
    • […] I shall apply the term teleiotic homology to the results of the method of examining into the structures of organisms which I now recommend, and which, fixing definitely upon a primary teleiotic idea or law of development, examines them not only per se, but as constructed according to that law...1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain; or, The Correlations of consciousness and organisation, volume 2, page 183

Forms of teleiotic

comparativemore teleiotic
superlativemost teleiotic

Origin of teleiotic

From Byzantine Ancient Greek τελειωτικός (teleiōtikós, “perfective, effective”), from Koine Greek τελειωτής (teleiōtḗs, “accomplisher, finisher”), from Ancient Greek τελειοῦν (teleioûn, “to perfect, to complete”).

Questions about teleiotic

What does teleiotic mean?
Teleiotic means complete, perfect.
What part of speech is teleiotic?
Teleiotic is an adjective.

Words near teleiotic in the dictionary

  1. teleiochrysalises
  2. teleiophile
  3. teleiophiles
  4. teleiophilia
  5. teleiophilic
  6. teleiotic
  7. telejournalism
  8. telejournalist
  9. telejournalistic
  10. telejournalists
  11. telejustice

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