ELEMENTAL


Meaning of ELEMENTAL in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 of the four elements. 2 of the powers of nature (elemental worship). 3 comparable to a force of nature (elemental grandeur; elemental tumult). 4 uncompounded (elemental oxygen). 5 essential.

n. an entity or force thought to be physically manifested by occult means. elementalism n. (in senses 1, 2).

[ med.L elementalis (as ELEMENT) ]

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