esemplastic

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esemplastic

/ɛsɛmˈplæstɪk/

Rhymes with -æstɪk

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From Greek ἐς ‘into’ + ἕν + πλαστικός (from πλάσσειν ‘to mould’). Coined by Coleridge, probably after German ineinsbildung ‘forming into one’.

adjective

not comparable Unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole. 1893: all the verses when taken together … are deficient in harmony, and consequently there is little or no fusion. The esemplastic power of the writer's feeling was not strong enough, did not extend beyond the individual verse. — Hiram Corson, A Primer of English Verse (pp. 21–22)

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@misc{esemplastic_2026,
  title = {esemplastic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/esemplastic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}