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cretick

cretick is the obsolete spelling of cretic.

Meaning of cretic

Adjective

cretic (not comparable)

  1. Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second of which is unstressed.
    • The cretic pattern is very rare in English poetry.

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Questions about cretick

What is cretick the obsolete spelling of?
Cretick is the obsolete spelling of cretic.

Words near cretick in the dictionary

  1. Cretes
  2. Cretian
  3. Cretians
  4. cretic
  5. Creticism
  6. cretick
  7. creticke
  8. creticks
  9. cretics
  10. cretifaction
  11. cretified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cretick (page history and authors); cretic (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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