intuitive, nonrational, visceral
(adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
visceral, splanchnic
(adjective) relating to or affecting the viscera; “visceral bleeding”; “a splanchnic nerve”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
visceral (comparative more visceral, superlative most visceral)
(anatomy) Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body.
Synonym: splanchnic
Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
Synonym: Thesaurus:visceral
Antonym: cerebral
(figurative, obsolete) Having deep sensibility.
• calivers, cavilers, claviers
Source: Wiktionary
Vis"cer*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. viscéral, LL. visceralis.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic.
2. Fig.: Having deep sensibility. [R.] Bp. Reynolds. Visceral arches (Anat.), the bars or ridges between the visceral clefts.
– Visceral cavity or tube (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as distinguished from the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal.
– Visceral clefts (Anat.), transverse clefts on the sides just back of the mouth in the vertebrate embryo, which open into the pharyngeal portion of the alimentary canal, and correspond to the branchial clefts in adult fishes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
