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characteristick

characteristick is the obsolete form of characteristic.

Meaning of characteristic

Adjective

characteristic (comparative more characteristic, superlative most characteristic)

  1. Indicating a distinguishing feature of a person or thing; typical.
    • Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  2. (archaic) Describing or pertaining to personal characters or character types; characterful.
    • “Great men have their surprising peculiarities,” I observed inanely. “[…] How did the great feminist wind up this very characteristic episode?”1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 138

See all 6 meanings of characteristic

Forms of characteristick

Adjective
comparativemore characteristick
superlativemost characteristick
Noun
pluralcharacteristicks

Questions about characteristick

What is characteristick the obsolete form of?
Characteristick is the obsolete form of characteristic.

Words near characteristick in the dictionary

  1. characteristic vector
  2. characteristic vectors
  3. characteristical
  4. characteristically
  5. characteristicalness
  6. characteristick
  7. characteristicks
  8. characteristicness
  9. characteristics
  10. characterists
  11. characterizability

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