categoric, a. (n.) ? Obs.
(kætɪˈgɒrɪk)
[ad. L. catēgoricus, a. Gr. κατηγορικός accusatory, affirmative, (later) categorical, f. κατήγορ-ος accuser; see categorem and -ic.]
A. adj. = categorical.
| 1678 Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 162 None is more categoric and positive in this than judicious Davenant. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxviii. 317 Predicamental and Catagorick fool. a 1797 H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) II. vii. 240 She gave him an evasive answer. He demanded a categoric one. |
B. n. A categorical proposition or statement.
| 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. Proem 12 A Dilemma..consistes of a disjunctive syllogisme..and two Categorics. a 1734 North Exam. ii. v. ¶146. 407 He..comes up to the Categoric very roundly, saying And so it was really and in Effect. 1839 New Monthly Mag. LV. 548. |