Dictionary

telepathetic en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /tɛlə.pəˈθɛtɪk/

Etymology

Blend of telepathy + pathetic.

Meanings

1. (humorous, informal, rare) Bad at telepathy.
   • Weren't you on this newsgroup a few years back trying to impress us with your psychic investigation, channeling, remote viewing BS. That was pretty telepathetic. 2000 September 26, Village Idiot, “Blood Brothers MC”, in alt.military.police (Usenet):
   • And yes, my medium gives a good massage but when it comes to clairvoyance she's telepathetic. 2000 May 24, Eskimo Joe, “Who's quote? Who's book?”, in alt.writing (Usenet):
   • And one minor nit: consultants are not telepathic, they're telepathetic. 1995 September 20, Matt Clonfero, “SC-21 class?”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):
   • Besides, after two minutes of stretching and beaming my eyes in his direction, all I got was a dizzy spell—telepathetic, really. 2005, Ian Souter, Pocket Tales Year 6 Twenty Pounds and All That Nonsense, page 19:

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telepathetic en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /tɛlə.pəˈθɛtɪk/

Etymology

From telepathy + -etic.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) Alternative form of telepathic.
   alt of telepathic
   • A post-World War I book by A. Linckewicz, a professor at the University of Vienna, averred that once there had existed a telepathetic human species, higher than today's human beings. 2002, Lung-Kee Sun, The Chinese National Character: From Nationhood to Individuality, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 107:
   • Storm Over Warlock and its sequel, Ordeal in Otherwhere, feature two important themes in Norton's fiction: sentient, benevolent, and telepathetic animals and the profound value of empathy and cooperation. 1981, Roger Schlobin, “Book Reviews: Andre Norton Reprinted”, in Science Fiction Studies, volume 8, number 2, page 220:
   • Suddenly an idea I had. I clozd my eyes and using my vampire powers I sent a telepathetic massage to Drako and Vampire so they would destruct Snape. 2006, Tara Gilesbie, chapter 30, in My Immortal:
   • Feluda stared, as though he had seen a ghost, and exclaimed, 'My word, what a coincidence! I was just dialling your number.' 'Really? Now, that must mean I have got a telepathetic link with you, after all,' Lalmohan Babu laughed, looking pleased. Neither of us had the heart to tell him the correct word was 'telepathic'. 1997, Satyajit Ray, Gopa Majumdar, The royal Bengal mystery and other Feluda stories, Puffin, →ISBN, page 53:
   • An interesting angle brought out by the author is the telepathetic bond of affinity that, according to Stehr, exists between true friends. 1946, Erich Hofacker, “Review of The Concept of Love in the Works of Hermann Stehr by Karl Siegfried Weimar”, in Monatshefte, volume 38, number 1, page 56:
   • “[…] Now that I can be there and pretend to care about my orders by escorting him, what he wants can be done,” I said with a big smirk. Then over our telepathetic net I said, “Andreya, please make sure to hide all our newly acquired things before I board with him.” “Will do,” she replied. “Captain, I think we are ready,” I said. 2010, Vincent Trigili, The Enemy of an Enemy, Vydorian Realms Publishing, →ISBN, page 171:

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Deriveds

telepathetically