acroamatic
acroamatic · more acroamatic · most acroamatic
Esoteric, abstruse; taught orally to select students and not disseminatedEsoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated.
Meaning
3 sensesEsoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated.
Based on lectures or exposition by monologue.
Coordinate term: erotematic
(archaic, rare)Of or pertaining to hearing.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (“esoteric”), at first chiefly in reference tBorrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (“esoteric”), at first chiefly in reference to the “esoteric” and originally oral teachings of Aristotle, from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός (akroamatikós, “for hearing only; esoteric”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “to listen”).
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Forms
more acroamatic, most acroamatic| Comparative | more acroamatic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most acroamatic Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedacroamatics
Derivedacroamatically
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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