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drastick

drastick is the obsolete form of drastic.

Meaning of drastic

Adjective

drastic (comparative more drastic, superlative most drastic)

  1. Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
    • If our third attempt fails, we may need drastic ideas.
    Synonyms:
    draconian
  2. (Orig. of medicine) Acting rapidly or violently.
    • Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect sending the usual white parcels, which this time had black and drastic contents. Their effect was not alleviating to poor Fred [...]1871-72, George Eliot, Middlemarch

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Forms of drastick

comparativemore drastick
superlativemost drastick

Questions about drastick

What is drastick the obsolete form of?
Drastick is the obsolete form of drastic.

Words near drastick in the dictionary

  1. Draskhanakert
  2. Drass
  3. drastic
  4. drastic times call for drastic measures
  5. drastically
  6. drastick
  7. drastics
  8. drat
  9. dratchell
  10. dratchells
  11. drate

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