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cretics

cretics is the plural of cretic.

Meaning of cretic

Noun

cretic (plural cretics)

  1. A metrical foot of this kind.
    • 5. Creticus of a long, a ſhort, and a long, ﹘⏑﹘ daungerous.[1586, VVilliam VVebbe, edited by Edward Arber, A Diſcourſe of Engliſh Poetrie (English Reprints), Westminster: A. Constable & Co., published 1895, page 69
    Synonyms:
    amphimacer

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Questions about cretics

What is cretics the plural of?
Cretics is the plural of cretic.

Words near cretics in the dictionary

  1. cretic
  2. Creticism
  3. cretick
  4. creticke
  5. creticks
  6. cretics
  7. cretifaction
  8. cretified
  9. cretifies
  10. cretify
  11. cretifying

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