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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

odyle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈəʊd-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈoʊd-/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɒd(ɪ)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑdl̩/ (General-American)

Etymology

From od + Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood; material, matter, substance”).

Meanings

  1. (historical, uncountable) Synonym of od (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”).

Forms

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odyl alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

odylic · odyllic · odylism · odylist

Relateds

odic · odism · od · odically

Synonyms

od