(of a creature) made up of physical and spiritual matter
2. computing
consisting of distinct anamorphic and catamorphic parts
hylomorphic in American English
(ˌhailəˈmɔrfɪk)
adjective
Philosophy(of a creature)
composed of corporeal and spiritual matter
Word origin
[1885–90; hylomorph(ism) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, lineup, roller coaster, upsweep, zoom-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)