Definitions For Hyle

Noun

HYLE (uncountable) (obsolete, philosophy) matter The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.

References

w:oed, oed: The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989

Alternative forms

{{qualifier, obsolete}} hile, hyla; ylem

Etymology

One of several English variants (in casu modern english, in the 17th and 18th century) for the {{etyl, ML., en}} hyle, a transliteration of aristotle’s concept of matter, in (Ancient Greek)  ὕλη, , wood(s), material(s), matter, subject or πρώτη ὕλη, , fundamental, undifferentiated matter

Anagrams

Heyl