Definition of ACROAMATIC

acroamatic

Meanings

Adj

  • Of or pertaining to hearing.
  • Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated.
  • Based on lectures or exposition by monologue.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (“esoteric”), at first chiefly in reference to the “esoteric” and originally oral teachings of Aristotle, from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός (akroamatikós, “for hearing only; esoteric”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “to listen”).

Scrabble Score: 16

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