amphetaminic
amphetaminic adjective: relating to, or containing an amphetamine.
Adjective
amphetaminic (not comparable)
- Relating to, or containing an amphetamine
- As if fueled by amphetamines; frenetic, feverish, juiced up
- One way to "triumph" is via the rigors of self-improvement (diet, exercise, cosmetic surgery, Franklin Quest time-management seminars), to which the crew's amphetaminic upkeep of the Nadir is an unsubtle analogue.1996, David Foster Wallace, “Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise”, in Harpers Magazine, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2020
Noun
amphetaminic (plural amphetaminics)
- An amphetamine or chemically related substance
Forms of amphetaminic
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Origin of amphetaminic
From amphetamine + -ic.
Words that rhyme with amphetaminic
- clinic
- actinic
- Finnic
- caprinic
- cynic
- Darwinic
- euxinic
- finick
- franklinic
- hematinic
- homoclinic
- isonicotinic
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- Jacobinic
- muscarinic
- nicotinic
- paraffinic
- rabbinic
- Sinic
- vitaminic
- abietinic
- acetylinic
- acetylneuraminic
- achromatinic
- acinic
- aclinic
- acrodynic
- adenylosuccinic
- adiactinic
- agaricinic
- albinic
- alginic
- allodynic
- aluminic
- aminic
- aminolaevulinic
- aminolevulinic
- aminosuccinic
- amyelinic
- anilinic
- anodynic
- anthracyclinic
- antiallodynic
- antidinic
- antihistaminic
- antimuscarinic
- antinicotinic
- antirabbinic
- apobaraminic
- apurinic
- apyrimidinic
- argininosuccinic
- arsinic
- artemisinic
- asparaginic
- atropinic
- auxinic
- axomyelinic
- azinic
- Baltic-Finnic
- Balto-Finnic
Questions about amphetaminic
- What does amphetaminic mean?
- Amphetaminic means relating to, or containing an amphetamine.
- What part of speech is amphetaminic?
- Amphetaminic can be an adjective or a noun.
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