Platonical

English

Alternative forms

  • platonical
  • Platonicall [16th–17th c.]

Etymology

From Latin Platōnicus + -al.[1] By surface analysis, Platonic +‎ -al or Platon +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pləˈtɒnɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

Platonical (comparative more Platonical, superlative most Platonical)

  1. Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic.
    • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
      [T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant profound Philosopher, with more ease and spede, may (like the Bee,) gather, hereby, both wax and hony.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes [], book II, London: [] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [], →OCLC:
      Plutarkes opinions are Platonicall, gentle and accommodable unto civill societie [].
  2. Affectionate but non-sexual; platonic.

References

  1. ^ Platonical, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.