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单词 acroatic
释义

acroatic

English

Alternative forms

  • acroatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκροατικός (akroatikós, of or proper to hearing), from ἀκροᾶσθαι (akroâsthai, to hear).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ă'krō.ăʹtĭk, IPA(key): /ˌækɹəʊˈætɪk/,[1]

Adjective

acroatic (comparative more acroatic, superlative most acroatic)

  1. acroamatic[1]
    • 2001: Rupert Woodfin, Judy Groves, and Richard Appignanesi, Introducing Aristotle, page 24
      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.
  • acroatics

References

  1. “acroatic, a. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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