Crossword-Solution: AETIOLOGICAL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Aetiological | a. | Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “AETIOLOGICAL”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| relating to aetiology, the study of causes | 1 answer |
| derivable | 8 answers |
| explanatory | 49 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "AETIOLOGICAL"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Length times width e.g.
?
A
?
R
?
E
?
A
Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
33 +2
New Suggestion for "AETIOLOGICAL"
Related word tools
Sentences with AETIOLOGICAL (5)
Such a mental stage, again, is reflected in the nature-myths, many of which are merely "aetiological,"--assign a cause, that is, for phenomena, and satisfy an indolent and credulous curiosity.
These, for the most part, are KINDER MARCHEN, though they include many aetiological myths, explanatory of the markings and habits of animals, the origin of constellations, and so forth.
The Tuna story belongs to a very well known class of aetiological plant-stories, which are meant to explain a no longer intelligible name of a plant, such as Snakeshead, Stiefmutterchen, &c.; it is in fact a clear case of what I call disease of language, cured by the ordinary nostrum of folk-etymology.
But in all this there is no 'disease of language.' These are frank nature-myths, 'aetiological,' giving a fabulous reason for facts of nature.
Fundamentally the story is an evident aetiological myth, intended to account for the existence of some curious swampy hollow.