English

alethetic

From a- + lethetic.

Formed from a- + lethetic

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Ancient Greek λανθάνω ‘to forget’

Today it means

adj Not lethetic, reflecting reality, often indirectly, as in allegory.

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Etymograph / alethetic