extradictionary

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ diction +‎ -ary

Adjective

extradictionary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 4, p. 11:
      Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle and Logicians make in number six […]

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(See the entry for “extradictionary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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