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meta·physi·cal (met′ə fiz′i kəl)
adjective
- of, connected with, or having the nature of, metaphysics
- very abstract, abstruse, or subtle: often a derogatory usage
- beyond the physical or material; incorporeal, supernatural, or transcendental
- designating or of the school of early 17th-cent. English poets, including esp. John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, and Abraham Cowley, whose verse is characterized by very subtle, highly intellectualized imagery, sometimes deliberately fantastic and far-fetched
Etymology: ML metaphysicalis
Related Forms:
- metaphysically met′a·phys′i·cally adverb
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