mystical
/ˈmɪstɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
Example Sentences
- "Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mewH- Proto-Indo-European *mewH-ye-der. Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic English -al English mystical From mystic + -al.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.
Inflected Forms
more mystical (comparative)
most mystical (superlative)
mysticall (alternative)
mystickal (alternative)