acroamatic

Meaning

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

Synonyms

abstracted

abstruse

esoteric

exquisite

rarefied

recondite

searching

Translations

recòndit

esoterisch

verworren

😕

abstrus

unfaßbar

schwer verständlich

abstrus

cérébral

ésotérique

obscur

profond

astruso

esoterica

esoteriche

esotèric

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”).