Pronunciation: (met"u-fiz'i-kul), [key] 1. pertaining to or of
the nature of metaphysics. a. concerned with abstract thought or
subjects, as existence, causality, or truth. b. concerned with
first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or
substance. 3. highly abstract, subtle, or abstruse. 4.
designating or pertaining to the poetry of an early group of
17th-century English poets, notably John Donne, whose
characteristic style is highly intellectual and philosophical
and features intensive use of ingenious conceits and turns of
wit. 5. Archaic.imaginary or fanciful. Random House Unabridged
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