stylistic

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/staɪˈlɪstɪk/obsolete/stɪˈlɪstɪk/

adjective

Of or pertaining to style, especially to linguistic or literary style.

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rhetorical
OriginEnglish style ← Middle English stile ← Old French estile →
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Meanings

adjectivestylistic (comparative more stylistic, superlative most stylistic)

comparative more stylistic · superlative most stylistic

  1. Of or pertaining to style, especially to linguistic or literary style.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to style (especially in the use of language)

Similar
rhetorical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinstylus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  3. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  4. Latinstilu
  5. Old Frenchestile
  6. Middle Englishstile
  7. Englishstyle
  8. Englishstylistic

From style + -istic.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek λεκτικός
  • λεκτικός (lektikós)of or pertaining to style
Bulgarian стилистичен
  • стилистичен (stilističen)of or pertaining to style
Catalan estilístic
  • estilísticof or pertaining to style
Czech stylistický
  • stylistickýof or pertaining to style
Danish stilistisk
  • stilistiskof or pertaining to style
Dutch stilistisch
  • stilistischof or pertaining to style
Finnish stilistinen
  • stilistinenof or pertaining to style
French stylistique
  • stylistiqueof or pertaining to style
German stilistisch
  • stilistischof or pertaining to style
Greek στιλιστικός
  • στιλιστικός (stilistikós)of or pertaining to style
Hungarian stilisztikai, stiláris
  • stilisztikaiof or pertaining to style
  • stilárisof or pertaining to style
Italian stilistico
  • stilisticoof or pertaining to style
Latvian stilistisks
  • stilistisksof or pertaining to style
Lithuanian stilistinis
  • stilistinisof or pertaining to style
Norwegian Bokmål stilistisk
  • stilistiskof or pertaining to style
Polish stylistyczny
  • stylistycznyof or pertaining to style
Russian стилисти́ческий
  • стилисти́ческий (stilistíčeskij)of or pertaining to style
Spanish estilístico
  • estilísticoof or pertaining to style
Swedish stilistisk
  • stilistiskof or pertaining to style
Ukrainian стилісти́чний
  • стилісти́чний (stylistýčnyj)of or pertaining to style
Cite this entry
APA

stylistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylistic

MLA

“stylistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stylistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylistic.

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