hylic means synonym of physical, material, or base.
hylic is pronounced /ˈhaɪlɪk/.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin hylicus, from Ancient Greek ὑλικός (hulikós, “wooden, material”), from ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, forming adjectives”). As a noun, a clipped calque of homo hylicus (“hylic man”).
adj
- Synonym of physical, material, or base.“...a part of mankind were by original constitution altogether hylic or material...”
noun
- A base man, a person of merely physical concerns without mindfulness of either intellectual or spiritual matters.