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metaphysical
 
SYLLABICATION:met·a·phys·i·cal
PRONUNCIATION:  mt-fz-kl
ADJECTIVE:1. Of or relating to metaphysics. 2. Based on speculative or abstract reasoning. 3. Highly abstract or theoretical; abstruse. 4a. Immaterial; incorporeal. See synonyms at immaterial. b. Supernatural. 5. often Metaphysical Of or relating to the poetry of a group of 17th-century English poets whose verse is characterized by an intellectually challenging style and extended metaphors comparing very dissimilar things.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English metaphisicalle, from Medieval Latin metaphysiclis, from metaphysica, metaphysics. See metaphysics.
OTHER FORMS:meta·physi·cal·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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