paraenetical
See also: parænetical
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editLate Latin paraeneticus + -al.
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editparaenetical (comparative more paraenetical, superlative most paraenetical)
- (now rare) Giving advice; advisory, hortatory.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 1, subsection i:
- To what end are such paraenetical discourses? You may as soon remove Mount Caucasus as alter some men's affections.