Maieutic \Ma*ieu"tic\, Maieutical \Ma*ieu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? midwife.]

1. Serving to assist childbirth. --Cudworth.

2. Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language. --Payne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)