Zenocratically, adv.

zenocratically
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Revised 2018

# † Zenocraticallyadverb

## Earlier version

- zenocratically, adv. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adverb Zenocratically mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adverb Zenocratically. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the late 1500s.

### Where does the adverb Zenocratically come from?

Earliest known use

late 1500s

The only known use of the adverb Zenocratically is in the late 1500s.

OED's only evidence for Zenocratically is from 1588, in the writing of John Harvey, astrologer.

Zenocratically is a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.

Etymons: Greek Ζηνο-, κράτος, ‑ically suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zenithward, n., adv., & adj. 1655–
2. zenithwards, adv. 1826–
3. Zenker, n.¹ 1872–
4. Zenker, n.² 1894–
5. Zen-like, adj. a1908–
6. Zen master, n. 1907–
7. Zenned-out, adj. 1968–
8. Zennist, adj. & n. 1904–
9. zeno-, comb. form
10. zenocentric, adj. 1911–
11. Zenocratically, adv.1588
12. zenographic, adj. 1853–
13. zenographical, adj. 1853–
14. zenography, n. 1890–
15. Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹ 1654–
16. Zenonian, adj.² 1756–
17. Zenonian, adj.³ & n.² 1837–
18. Zenonic, adj.¹ 1779–
19. Zenonic, adj.² 1827–
20. Zenonism, n.¹ 1789–
21. Zenonism, n.² 1935–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Greek Ζηνο-, κράτος, ‑ically suffix.
< Hellenistic Greek Ζηνο- zeno- comb. form + ancient Greek κράτος power, rule (see ‑cracy comb. form) + ‑ically suffix.

Compare later democratically adv., autocratically adv., etc.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1588
   With the power or authority of Zeus (Jupiter in Roman mythology).
   Apparently an isolated use.
   1. 1588

      > They will seeme..to haue borrowed euen from the mouth of mightie Ioue, or the oracle of wise Apollo himselfe, or Zenocratically, and Pythagorically to haue remained..Instar Sybillæ cuiusdam vaticinantis, furentisque.

      J. Harvey, Discoursiue Probleme concerning Prophesies 35
   classical mythology
   1. Zenocratically 1588
      With the power or authority of Zeus (Jupiter in Roman mythology).
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Zenocratically, adv. was revised in June 2018.

Zenocratically, adv. was last modified in July 2023.