First Known Use: circa 1924
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eidetic
adjective ei·det·ic \ī-ˈde-tik\
Definition of EIDETIC
: marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images <an eidetic memory>
— ei·det·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of EIDETIC
Greek eidētikos of a form, from eidos form — more at wise
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Rhymes with EIDETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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eidetic
adjective ei·det·ic \ī-ˈdet-ik\
Medical Definition of EIDETIC
: marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images <an eidetic memory>
—ei·det·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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