apotelesmatic

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποτελεσματικός (apotelesmatikós), from ἀποτέλεσμα (apotélesma, “effect of the stars on human destiny”). Morphologically, from apotelesm +‎ -atic.

Adjective

apotelesmatic (comparative more apotelesmatic, superlative most apotelesmatic)

1. (obsolete, astrology) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:

     It will easily be supposed that when this apotelesmatic or judicial astrology obtained firm possession of men's minds, it would be pursued into innumerable subtle distinctions and extravagant conceits

2. Relating to an issue of fulfilment.
   • 1852 July, Moses Stuart, “Observations on Matthew 24:29-31”, in The Bibliotheca Sacra and American Biblical Repository:

     In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment.

Related terms

• apotelesm

References

“apotelesmatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.