synæsthetic

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See also: synaesthetic

English

Adjective

synæsthetic (comparative more synæsthetic, superlative most synæsthetic)

  1. Archaic form of synesthetic.
    • 1917, John Edgar Coover, Experiments in Psychical Research, Stanford University, page 284:
      But, if, as Titchener suspects, 77 synæsthetic experiences are not to be traced back to associations formed in childhood, but are due to some anatomical or functional peculiarity of the individual’s nervous system, they are to be noticed as a distinct factor in the determination of mental habits.