hylic
hylic · hylics
A base man, a person of merely physical concerns without mindfulness of either…A base man, a person of merely physical concerns without mindfulness of either intellectual or spiritual matters.
US/ˈhaɪlɪk/
Meaning
1 sensesA base man, a person of merely physical concerns without mindfulness of either intellectual or spiritual matters.
Origin
From Medieval Latin hylicus, from Ancient Greek ὑλικός (hulikós, “wooden, material”), fromFrom Medieval Latin hylicus, from Ancient Greek ὑλικός (hulikós, “wooden, material”), from ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, forming adjectives”). As a noun, a clipped calque of homo hylicus (“hylic man”).
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