Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

choical

/ˈkoʊɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: choical
IPA: /ˈkoʊɪkəl/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of physical, material, or base.

Example Sentences

"So it is manifeſt that the Heretical Valentinians underſtood their Maſter Plato, when they made their Choical Men to periſh immediately upon this Diſſolution from the Body. Theſe Choical Men were ſuppoſed deſtitute even of the Pnoe. They are the ſame with thoſe which were call'd Hylical."
"There was in man... a visible body... believed to be composed, according to many of the Gnostics, of a subtle element... which they named the hylic body, and a sheath of gross earthly matter which they called the choical body."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χοϊκός (khoïkós, “earthy, earthen”) + -al, from χοῦς (khoûs, “dust, dirt”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: χοϊκός
Suffix: al

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkoʊɪkəl/
British English: /ˈkəʊɪkəl/

Inflected Forms

more choical (comparative) most choical (superlative)

Synonyms

physical material or base

Questions

How do you pronounce choical?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoʊɪkəl/.
What does choical mean?: Synonym of physical, material, or base.
Where does choical come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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