odyle

English

Etymology

From od + Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood; material, matter, substance”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

odyle (uncountable)

  1. (pseudoscience, historical) Synonym of od (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”).

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References

  1. ^ “odyle, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “odyle, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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