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Antartic

Antartic is the misspelling of Antarctic.

Meaning of Antarctic

Adjective

Antarctic (comparative more Antarctic, superlative most Antarctic)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
    • We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers.1972, George William Turner, The English Language in Australia and New Zealand, Longman, →ISBN, page 67
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) Opposite, contradictory.
  3. (obsolete) Southern.

See all 4 meanings of antarctic

Origin of Antartic

The spelling corresponds to an earlier pronunciation of Antarctic; see the usage notes there.

Questions about Antartic

What is Antartic the misspelling of?
Antartic is the misspelling of Antarctic.

Words near Antartic in the dictionary

  1. Antares
  2. Antarian
  3. Antarians
  4. antarthritic
  5. antarthritics
  6. Antartic
  7. Antartica
  8. antas
  9. Antas de Ulla
  10. antasthmatic
  11. antasthmatics

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