Dī'a-no-ēt'ic, a.

a. [Gr. διανοητικός, from διά and νοεῖν, to revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. I would employ . . . dianœtic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborate, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.