hylic
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hylic
- /ˈhaɪlɪk/ US
- /ˈhʌɪlɪk/ US
Rhymes with -aɪlɪk
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin hylicus, from Ancient Greek ὑλικός (hulikós, “wooden, material”), from ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, forming adjectives”). As a noun, a clipped calque of homo hylicus (“hylic man”).
adjective
- Synonym of physical, material, or base. ...a part of mankind were by original constitution altogether hylic or material...
noun hylics
- A base man, a person of merely physical concerns without mindfulness of either intellectual or spiritual matters.
