† meleteticsn.

Forms: 1600s meleteticks, 1600s meletetiques.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μελετητικά.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μελετητικά, neuter plural of μελετητικός relating to or causing meditation < ancient Greek μελετᾶν to study, meditate (cognate with μέλειν to care for, take an interest in, of unknown origin) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs(compare -ic suffix): see -ic suffix 2.

Obsolete. rare.

Rules or methods of meditation; the art of meditation or reflection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > rules of

meletetics1665

1665 R. Boyle Disc. i. iii, in Occas. Refl. sig. B4^v Nor will the Meleteticks (or way, and kind of Meditation) I would perswade, keep Men alone from..Idleness.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iii. v, in Occas. Refl. sig. D7^v The usefulness of our Meleteticks towards the improvement of Men's parts.

1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso i. 9 He is the most admirable person in the Meletetiques, viz. in Reflections and Meditations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meletetics
释义	† meleteticsn. Forms: 1600s meleteticks, 1600s meletetiques. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μελετητικά. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μελετητικά, neuter plural of μελετητικός relating to or causing meditation < ancient Greek μελετᾶν to study, meditate (cognate with μέλειν to care for, take an interest in, of unknown origin) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs(compare -ic suffix): see -ic suffix 2. Obsolete. rare. Rules or methods of meditation; the art of meditation or reflection. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > rules of meletetics1665 1665 R. Boyle Disc. i. iii, in Occas. Refl. sig. B4^v Nor will the Meleteticks (or way, and kind of Meditation) I would perswade, keep Men alone from..Idleness. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iii. v, in Occas. Refl. sig. D7^v The usefulness of our Meleteticks towards the improvement of Men's parts. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso i. 9 He is the most admirable person in the Meletetiques, viz. in Reflections and Meditations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1665
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