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adj
Of or pertaining to exegesis; exegetical; explanatory; interpretive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
relating to exegesis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exegetical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) Ancient Greek ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek ἐξηγητικός (exēgētikós)lbor. English exegetic Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐξηγητικός (exēgētikós).
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
