acroatic

acroatic
adjective /ˌækɹəʊˈætɪk/
acroamatic<ref name="OED"/>

The poet Thomas Gray said that reading Aristotle was like eating dried hay. This is something of an exaggeration, but his writing can be hard work. It is generally agreed that these “esoteric” (or “acroatic”) works are actually lecture notes, the working documents that he used on a daily basis for his teaching.

See Also: acroatics

Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Acroatic — Ac ro*at ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to hear.] Same as {Acroamatic}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acroatic — index esoteric, inapprehensible, incomprehensible, inexplicable, learned, profound (esoteric) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • acroatic — a. See acroamatic …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • acroatic — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Aristotle — • Philosopher, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Aristotle     Aristotle …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • acroatics — noun /ˌækɹəʊˈætɪks/ acroamatics<ref name= OED >“[ …   Wiktionary

  • esoteric — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, arcane, cabalistic, cabalistical, concealed, confidential, confined to a select circle, covert, cryptic, deep, designed for the initiated, difficult to comprehend, enigmatic, enigmatical,… …   Law dictionary

  • inapprehensible — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, ambiguous, beyond comprehension, beyond understanding, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, impenetrable, impossible to understand, incognizable, incomprehensible, indistinct, inexplicable,… …   Law dictionary

  • incomprehensible — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, ambiguous, beyond comprehension, concealed, dark, deep, difficult to comprehend, dim, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, fathomless, hard to understand, hidden, impenetrable, impossible to… …   Law dictionary

  • inexplicable — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, baffling, concealed, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, hard to understand, hidden, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incapable of being explained, incomprehensible, indefinable,… …   Law dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”