Platonical
adjUK /pləˈtɒnɪk(ə)l/
Etymology From Latin Platōnicus + -al. By surface analysis, Platonic + -al or Platon + -ical.
1
Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic.
- [T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant profound Philosopher, with more ease and spede, may (like the Bee,) gather, hereby, both wax and hony.1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
- Plutarkes opinions are Platonicall, gentle and accommodable unto civill societie[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2
Affectionate but non-sexual; platonic.