adjective
(also euretic)
Of or relating to discovery or invention.
In later use frequently with reference to the works of the philosopher C. S. Peirce or the critical theorist G. L. Ulmer.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Burthogge (bap. 1638, d. 1705), philosopher. As adjective from (i) post-classical Latin heureticus inventive.
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