Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APOCALYPTIC, APOCALYPTICAL

a.Containing or pertaining to revelation; disclosing.

 

APOCALYPTICALLY

adv. By revelation; in the manner of disclosure.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APOCALYPTIC; APOCALYPTICAL

A *poc `a *lyp "tic, A *poc `a *lyp "tic *al, a. Etym: [Gr.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

 

APOCALYPTIC; APOCALYPTIST

APOCALYPTIC; APOCALYPTIST A *poc `a *lyp "tic, A *poc `a *lyp "tist, n.

 

Defn: The writer of the Apocalypse.

 

APOCALYPTICALLY

APOCALYPTICALLY A *poc `a *lyp "tic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

apocalyptic

a poc a lyp tic |əˌpäkəˈliptik əˈˌpɑkəˈlɪptɪk | ▶adjective describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world: the apocalyptic visions of ecologists. • resembling the end of the world; momentous or catastrophic: the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions. • of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse: apocalyptic imagery. DERIVATIVES a poc a lyp ti cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the writer of the Apocalypse, St. John ): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover ’ (see apocalypse ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

apocalyptic

apoca |lyp ¦tic |əpɒkəˈlɪptɪk | ▶adjective describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world: the apocalyptic visions of ecologists. • momentous or catastrophic: the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions. • of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse: apocalyptic imagery. DERIVATIVES apocalyptically adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the writer of the Apocalypse, St John ): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover ’ (see apocalypse ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

apocalyptic

apocalyptic adjective we sailed into a storm of apocalyptic proportion: doomsday, doom-laden, ominous, portentous; catastrophic, momentous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

apocalyptic

a poc a lyp tic /əpɑ̀kəlɪ́ptɪk |əpɔ̀k -/形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 世界の終末の (ような ); 大災害を予言するような .2 〖時にA -〗黙示 (録 )の .