Meanings
adjectiveanaclastic (not comparable)
- not comparableSpringing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
The Double reflects the drama of the lonely man of our time as in an anaclastic glass. What is piquant is that the costs of the fruitless emancipation are borne, not by a hero, a great personage, but by an amusing little fellow, one of the poor people .
1928, Julius Meier-Graefe, Dostoevsky: The Man and His Work, page 70
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀνακλάω“bend back, reflect”
- Englishanaclastic
From Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω (anakláō, “bend back, reflect”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пречупващ
- пречупващ (prečupvašt)produced by the refraction of light
Chinese Mandarin 屈折的, 折射的
- 屈折的produced by the refraction of light
- 折射的produced by the refraction of light
Finnish taittunut, anaklastinen
- taittunutproduced by the refraction of light
- anaklastinenproduced by the refraction of light
Italian anaclastico
- anaclasticoproduced by the refraction of light
Portuguese anaclástico
- anaclásticoproduced by the refraction of light
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anaclastic
fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
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Chicago
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