teleiotic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It seems therefore to imply, that the Mysteries of the Law were of the lower sort, Cathartic only, not Teleiotic."
- "[…] 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, in relation to each other, as parts of a harmonious whole […]"
- "The foregoing considerations lead us to remark that it is a mistaken waste of power to attempt by education to assimilate any animal to man; for the true education of every animal is to realise the possibility of its particular type—fully to display the teleiotic idea which it embodies."
- "The Neoplatonic exegesis of the two “complete” (teleiotic) dialogues that follow the basic cycle of ten—Timaeus and Parmenides—begins to answer this question."
Etymology
From Byzantine Ancient Greek τελειωτικός (teleiōtikós, “perfective, effective”), from Koine Greek τελειωτής (teleiōtḗs, “accomplisher, finisher”), from Ancient Greek τελειοῦν (teleioûn, “to perfect, to complete”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: τελειωτικός, τελειωτής, τελειοῦν
Inflected Forms
more teleiotic (comparative)
most teleiotic (superlative)