theosophistical
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English
Etymology
From theosophistic + -al.
Adjective
theosophistical (comparative more theosophistical, superlative most theosophistical)
- (often pejorative) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
- 1889 March 23, “Yearning reduced to absurdity”, in The Scots observer, volume 1, number 18, Edinburgh, London, →OCLC, page 500:
- This is a volume of Theosophistical, and therefore nonsensical, essays.
- 1997 November 28, jc, “Re: Glamour”, in alt.meditation (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
- Any brain cells in there, apart from pseudo-intellectual, patently theosophistical clap trap.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theosophistical.
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “theosophistical”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “theosophistical”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “theosophistic, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-06. - “theosophistical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
