paramuthetic, a.
(pærəmjuːˈθɛtɪk)
[prop. paramythetic, ad. Gr. παραµυθητικ-ός, f. παραµυθεῖσθαι to encourage, console, f. παρα- beside + µυθεῖσθαι to speak.]
Tending to encourage, consolatory.
| 1854 Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. II. ii. §12. 47 The discipline of the habits or character he [Clemens] would call protreptic, of the actions hypothetic, of the passions paramuthetic. |