methaphesik

methaphesik
methaphesik, -physick
obs. ff. metaphysic.

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  • metaphysical — (adj.) early 15c., pertaining to metaphysics, from methaphesik (late 14c.) + AL (Cf. al), and in part from M.L. metaphysicalis, from M.L. metaphysica (see METAPHYSICS (Cf. metaphysics)). It came to be used in the sense of abstract, speculative (e …   Etymology dictionary

  • metaphysics — (n.) 1560s, plural of M.E. metaphisik, methaphesik (late 14c.), branch of speculation which deals with the first causes of things, from M.L. metaphysica, neuter plural of Medieval Gk. (ta) metaphysika, from Gk. ta meta ta physika the (works)… …   Etymology dictionary

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