ephectic

adjective

ephec·​tic

ə̇ˈfektik,

(ˈ)e¦f-

: given to suspense of judgment

—used of a school of ancient skeptics compare epoche

Word History

Etymology

Greek ephektikos, from ephektos, verbal of epechein to hold back, from epi- + echein to hold, have

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