English Explanatory Dictionary

hylic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Synonym of physical, material, or base.
noun
  1. A base man, a person of merely physical concerns without mindfulness of either intellectual or spiritual matters.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪlɪk/ /ˈhʌɪlɪk/

Word forms

hylic hylics

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hylicus, from Ancient Greek ὑλικός (hulikós, “wooden, material”), from ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, forming adjectives”). As a noun, a clipped calque of homo hylicus (“hylic man”).

Synonyms

physical material or base

Related words

hyle hyletics hylical hylicist hylism hylist

Derived words

hylicism
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