Paradigmatic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical
  \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.]
     Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of
     Christian excellence.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paradigmatic
       adj 1: of or relating to a grammatical paradigm; "paradigmatic
              inflection"
       2: of or relating to a typical example; "paradigmatic learning"
       3: related as members of a substitution class; "paradigmatic
          word associations" [ant: {syntagmatic}]