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rhematic

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[ri-mat-ik] / rɪˈmæt ɪk /

adjective

  1. pertaining to the formation of words.

  2. pertaining to the rheme of a sentence.

Etymology

Origin of rhematic

1855–60; < Greek rhēmatikós belonging to a word, equivalent to rhēmat- (stem of rhêma ) word + -ikos -ic

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A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

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