"telepathic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-telepathic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more telepathic [comparative], most telepathic [superlative]
Rhymes: -æθɪk Etymology: Etymology tree English telepathy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telepathic From telepathy + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|telepathy|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English telepathy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telepathic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "telepathic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="telepathic"> From telepathy + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} telepathic (comparative more telepathic, superlative most telepathic)
  1. (parapsychology) Of, relating to, or using telepathy. Synonyms: teep Derived forms: nontelepathic, telepathically Translations (of, relating to, or using telepathy): telepàtic (Catalan), telepatický (Czech), telepatia (Esperanto), telepaattinen (Finnish), télépathique (French), telepathisch (German), τηλεπαθητικός (tilepathitikós) (Greek), telepatico (Italian), co-inçhynagh (Manx), çhellapattagh (Manx), telepatyczny (Polish), telepata (Portuguese), телепати́ческий (telepatíčeskij) (Russian), telepático (Spanish), kitelepathia (Swahili)

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