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
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
