parænetic, -enetic, a. (n.)
(pæriːˈnɛtɪk)
[ad. med.L. parænetic-us, a. Gr. παραινετικ-ός hortatory: see prec. and -ic. In F. parénétique (1574 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of parænesis; advisory, hortatory.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Parenetick. 1678 R. L'Estrange Seneca's Mor. (1702) 393 Cleanthes allows the Parænetick, or Preceptive Philosophy, to be in some sort Profitable. 1873 W. Wagner tr. Teuffel's Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 300 Of a practical and paraenetic character. 1891 Driver Introd. Lit. O.T. 32 Clauses..of a parenetic or hortatory character. |
† B. n. A hortatory composition. Obs.
| 1645 Liberty of Consc. 38 Let us heare no more Paræneticks for Toleration. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Pareneticks, are taken for verses full of precepts or admonitions. |