adj. 1. Beginning with, constituting, or relating to the thesis in prosody. 2. Presented dogmatically; arbitrarily prescribed. [Greek thetikos, from thetos, placed, from tithenai, to put; see dhē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] theti·cal·ly adv. |
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