esemplastic
American
[es-em-plas-tik, -uhm-]
/ ˌɛs ɛmˈplæs tɪk, -əm- /
adjective
esemplastic
British
/ ˌɛsɛmˈplæstɪk /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of esemplastic
1810–20; < Greek es-, dialectal variant of eis- into + ( h ) én, neuter of heîs one + plastic; irregular coinage by S.T. Coleridge; compare German Ineinsbildung, term used by Schelling
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