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Platonical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pləˈtɒnɪk(ə)l/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin Platōnicus + -al. By surface analysis, Platonic + -al or Platon + -ical.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic.
   • Plutarkes opinions are Platonicall, gentle and accommodable unto civill societie[…]. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
   • [T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant profound Philosopher, with more ease and spede, may (like the Bee,) gather, hereby, both wax and hony. 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
2. Affectionate but non-sexual; platonic.

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