Definition of Platonic

Platitude

PLATONIC adjective

	Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Plaudits

Regular definition:

PLATONIC:
pl??t?n?k adj. 1 of or associated with the Greek philosopher Plato (d. 347 BC) or his ideas. 2 (platonic) (of love or friendship) purely spiritual, not sexual. 3 (platonic) confined to words or theory; not leading to action; harmless. øPlatonic solid (or body) any of the five regular solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron). øøPlatonically adv. [L Platonicus f. Gk Platonikos f. Platon Plato]

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