Word Meaning 倜儻

てきとう tekitou

倜儻 is read as てきとう (tekitou) and means exceedingly wiser than the common man.

Meaning

English

  1. exceedingly wiser than the common man

Reading

Kana

てきとう

Romaji

tekitou

Writing Variants

  • てき儻 てきとう tekitou

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 165276 Priority Z

Example Sentences

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かれはわかいころからてきとうなきしょうでしられていた。

He had been known since youth for his free-spirited and bold character.

てきとうなはっそうがそのさくひんにあたらしさをあたえた。

That bold and unconventional idea gave the work a fresh quality.

かのじょはせけんのじょうしきにしばられないてきとうないきかたをえらんだ。

She chose a way of life that was free and not bound by social conventions.

そのしじんはてきとうなせいしんをうしなわなかった。

The poet never lost his free and noble spirit.