hypostatic
/haɪpəˈstætɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.67 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
adj
Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
adj
Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
adj
Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.
Example Sentences
- "1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, "A Præface Introductory" The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles."
- "The hypostatic union, as it is called, the perfect and complete union of two whole and perfect natures in the person of Jesus Christ, underlies this apparent paradox"
- "hypostatic congestion, due to setting of blood by gravitation"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek ὑφίστημι (huphístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós)bor. Latin hypostaticusbor. English hypostatic Borrowed from Latin hypostaticus, from Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós), from ὑποστατός (hupostatós). Equivalent to hypostasis + -tic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more hypostatic (comparative)
most hypostatic (superlative)