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calamitic

calamitic adjective: rod-shaped; long and thin.

calamitic: rod-shaped; long and thin
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Adjective

calamitic (comparative more calamitic, superlative most calamitic)

  1. Rod-shaped; long and thin.
    • Coordinate term: discotic

Forms of calamitic

comparativemore calamitic
superlativemost calamitic

Origin of calamitic

From Latin calamus (“a reed”).

Words formed from calamitic

  • nematic calamitic
  • smectic calamitic

Questions about calamitic

What does calamitic mean?
Calamitic means rod-shaped; long and thin.
What part of speech is calamitic?
Calamitic is an adjective.

Words near calamitic in the dictionary

  1. calamistrum
  2. calamitaceous
  3. calamite
  4. Calamitean
  5. calamites
  6. calamitic
  7. calamities
  8. calamitist
  9. calamitists
  10. calamitoid
  11. calamitous

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