different between spermatic vs spermatical

English

Alternative forms

• spermatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (spermatikós)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sp??mæt?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sp??mæt?k/
• Hyphenation: sper?mat?ic

Adjective

spermatic (comparative more spermatic, superlative most spermatic)

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm
2. producing, conveying or containing sperm; seminiferous
3. (archaic) generative
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 11:

     […] or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors, Urnes, Coins, and Sculls in the ground […]

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• crampiest, impacters, reimpacts

Romanian

Etymology

From French spermatique

Adjective

spermatic m or n (feminine singular spermatic?, masculine plural spermatici, feminine and neuter plural spermatice)

1. spermatic

Declension

English

Etymology

spermatic +? -al

Adjective

spermatical (comparative more spermatical, superlative most spermatical)

1. spermatic
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:

     "I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical life to the more considerable effects of general Motion in Minerals, Metalls, and sundry Meteors, whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or Spermatical form distinct from the Rest or Motion of the particles of the Matter."

Synonyms

• spermatic