Meanings
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or produced by an anorthoscope.
- Of or pertaining to the optical illusion produced by one.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
- Englishan-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃érdʰeti?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃erdʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*ortʰwós
- Ancient Greekὀρθός (orthós)
- Englishortho-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Englishanorthoscope
- Englishanorthoscopic
From anorthoscope + -ic.
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APA
anorthoscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorthoscopic
MLA
“anorthoscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorthoscopic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anorthoscopic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorthoscopic.
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