different between telepathic vs telepathetic

English

Etymology

telepathy +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?l??pæ??k/
• Rhymes: -æ??k

Adjective

telepathic (comparative more telepathic, superlative most telepathic)

1. (parapsychology) Of, relating to, or using telepathy.

Synonyms

• teep

Translations

Anagrams

• caliphette

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?l?.p??th?t?k/

Etymology 1

Blend of telepathy +? pathetic

Adjective

telepathetic (comparative more telepathetic, superlative most telepathetic)

1. (informal, rare, humorous) Bad at telepathy.

Etymology 2

telepathy +? -etic

Adjective

telepathetic (comparative more telepathetic, superlative most telepathetic)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of telepathic
   • 1946, Erich Hofacker, "Review of The Concept of Love in the Works of Hermann Stehr by Karl Siegfried Weimar," Monatshefte, vol. 38, no. 1, p. 56:

     An interesting angle brought out by the author is the telepathetic bond of affinity that, according to Stehr, exists between true friends.

   • 1981, Roger Schlobin, "Book Reviews: Andre Norton Reprinted," Science Fiction Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 220:

     Storm Over Warlock and its sequel, Ordeal in Otherwhere, feature two important themes in Norton's fiction: sentient, benevolent, and telepathetic animals and the profound value of empathy and cooperation.

   • 1997, Satyajit Ray, Gopa Majumdar, The royal Bengal mystery and other Feluda stories, Puffin ?ISBN, page 53

     Feluda stared, as though he had seen a ghost, and exclaimed, 'My word, what a coincidence! I was just dialling your number.' 'Really? Now, that must mean I have got a telepathetic link with you, after all,' Lalmohan Babu laughed, looking pleased. Neither of us had the heart to tell him the correct word was 'telepathic'.

   • 2002, Lung-Kee Sun, The Chinese National Character: From Nationhood to Individuality, M.E. Sharpe ?ISBN, page 107

     A post-World War I book by A. Linckewicz, a professor at the University of Vienna, averred that once there had existed a telepathetic human species, higher than today's human beings.

   • 2010, Vincent Trigili, The Enemy of an Enemy, Vydorian Realms Publishing ?ISBN, page 171

     “ […] Now that I can be there and pretend to care about my orders by escorting him, what he wants can be done,” I said with a big smirk. Then over our telepathetic net I said, “Andreya, please make sure to hide all our newly acquired things before I board with him.” “Will do,” she replied. “Captain, I think we are ready,” I said.