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-ick

-ick is the obsolete spelling of -ic.

Meaning of -ic

Suffix

-ic (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -ic, superlative most -ic)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
    • Cyril + -ic → Cyrillic
  2. Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a greater oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

Questions about -ick

What is -ick the obsolete spelling of?
-ick is the obsolete spelling of -ic.

Words near -ick in the dictionary

  1. -ician
  2. -icidal
  3. -icide
  4. -icism
  5. -icity
  6. -ick
  7. -icle
  8. -ics
  9. -id
  10. -ide
  11. -idene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -ick (page history and authors); -ic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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