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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -endeictic-, *endeictic*
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Endeictic

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to point out, show; &unr_; in + &unr_; to show. ] Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deictic

a. [ Gr. deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, fr. deikny`nai to show. ] 1. (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Grammar) showing or pointing to directly; pertaining to deixis; -- used to designate words that specify identity, location, or time from the perspective of one of the participants in a discourse, using the surrounding context as reference; as, the words this, that, these, those, here, there, now, then, we, you, they, the former, and the latter serve a deictic function. [ PJC ]

Deictically

adv. In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Christ spake it deictically. Hammond.

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
deictic(ไดค'ทิค) adj. เป็นการพิสูจน์โดยตรง, ซึ่งแสดงถึง, ชี้เฉพาะ (proving directly)
apodeictic(แอพพะดิค'ทิค) adj. ไม่เป็นที่สงสัย, ยืนยันอย่างเด็ดขาด, ไม่สามารถโต้แย้งได้ (incontestable)

WordNet (3.0)
deictic(n) a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs; - R.Rommetveit, Syn. deictic word
deictic(adj) relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Deictic

a. [ Gr. deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, fr. deikny`nai to show. ] 1. (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Grammar) showing or pointing to directly; pertaining to deixis; -- used to designate words that specify identity, location, or time from the perspective of one of the participants in a discourse, using the surrounding context as reference; as, the words this, that, these, those, here, there, now, then, we, you, they, the former, and the latter serve a deictic function. [ PJC ]

Deictically

adv. In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Christ spake it deictically. Hammond.

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