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单词 adeptical
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adepticaladj.

Brit. /əˈdɛptᵻkl/, /aˈdɛptᵻkl/, U.S. /əˈdɛptək(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s adepticall, 1600s 1800s adeptical.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin adepticus ; Latin adeptus , -ic suffix.
Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin adepticus easily obtained (1572 or earlier; < classical Latin adeptus adept adj. + -icus -ic suffix), or independently < classical Latin adeptus adept adj. + -ic suffix. Compare adeptist n.
rare after 17th cent.
Of or relating to the work of adepts (adept n. 1), esp. alchemists.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective]
curiousc1384
mystical1516
cabbalisticala1593
occult1593
hermetical1605
cabbalistic1625
hermetica1637
adeptical1662
trismegistic1678
trismegistical1678
trismegistian1694
Sibylline1817
Sibyllica1849
occultist1893
widdershins1926
the world > matter > alchemy > [adjective] > alchemist
alchemistical1559
chemical1599
spagyrical1652
adeptical1662
arch-chemic1667
alchemistic1689
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 157 They who study in Adepticall things [L. qui student adeptis], do strive to promote their labour of wisdom by the objects of sight.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 7 Medicine Adeptical [L. Medicinae Adeptae].
1685 G. C. tr. J. S. Weidenfeld Secrets Adepts xiv. 217 Lest therefore you should fall into the greatest and most dangerous Errour of all the Adeptical Chymy [L. Chymiae adeptae], we thought it good to communicate to you an Observation or two about the permanence of Menstruums.
1801 F. Barrett Magus i. ii. 26 According to the Adeptical philosophy, the toad bears an hatred to man.
2003 S. Menn tr. E. de Clave in J. Miller & B. Inwood Hellenistic & Early Mod. Philos. vii. 189 Firmly believing every good gift to come down from the father of Lights..and rather also, that of Medicine Adeptical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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