AORISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aoristic mean? 

• AORISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective AORISTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the aorist tense

  Familiarity information: AORISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AORISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the aorist tense

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Pertainym:

aorist (a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation)

Derivation:

aorist (a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation)