| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.[Websters]. | |
| Noun | 1. A philosopher of the Eleatic school.[Websters]. | |
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"ELEATIC" is a common misspelling or typo for: electric, elastic, elicit, eclectic, elevate, elevates, elliptic, emetic, elastics. |
Date "ELEATIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Etymology:Eleatic \E`le*at"ic\, adjective. [Latin expression eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ELEATIC
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] An epithet given to a certain sect of philosophers, so called from Elea, or Velia, a town of the Lucani; as the Eleatic sect or philosophy. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ELEATIC
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Eleatic School | Antiquities | Eleatic School. See Philosophia. (references) | |
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