herético

Borrowed from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”). Doublet of herege.

• Hyphenation: he‧ré‧ti‧co

herético (feminine herética, masculine plural heréticos, feminine plural heréticas)

1. heretical (of or relating to heresy or heretics)

   Synonym: herege

2. (of ideas or views) heretical (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)

• heresia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”), in Ecclesiastical Greek (“heretic”), from αἱρετίζω (hairetízō, “to choose”). Doublet of hereje.

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾetiko/ [eˈɾe.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -etiko
• Syllabification: he‧ré‧ti‧co

herético (feminine herética, masculine plural heréticos, feminine plural heréticas)

1. heretic, heretical

• “herético”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024