atelic
English
Etymology
Adjective
atelic (not comparable)
- Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
- Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
- (grammar) That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
- (linguistics) That expresses the imperfective aspect.
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Old English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɑ.te.lik/
Adjective
atelīċ
- horrible, horrid
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Martinus ġelācnode mid ǣnlīpium cosse ǣnne hrēoflīnne mannan fram his micclan coðe, and fram atelīcum hīwe his unsmēðan līċes.
- Martinus cured a leprous man of his great sickness and from the horrid appearance of his unsmooth body with a single kiss.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church