Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hermeneutic

Hermeneutic , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to interpret: compare French herméneutique.]

Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.

Also: Hermeneutical