Platonical

English

Alternative forms

• platonical
• Platonicall [16th–17th c.]

Etymology

From Latin Platōnicus + -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pləˈtɒnɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

Platonical (comparative more Platonical, superlative most Platonical)

1. Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic.
   • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:

     [T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant profound Philosopher, with more ease and spede, may (like the Bee,) gather, hereby, both wax and hony.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Plutarkes opinions are Platonicall, gentle and accommodable unto civill societie […].

2. Affectionate but non-sexual; platonic.