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energic

energic adjective: potent, effective.

Adjective

energic (comparative more energic, superlative most energic)

  1. (obsolete) Potent, effective.
  2. (obsolete, rhetoric) Having great power of expression; forceful.
  3. Carried out with force; vigorous, energetic; full of energy.
  4. (obsolete) In a state of action; producing effects; active, operational.
    • the energic faculty that we call will
  5. Pertaining to a spiritual or psychic energy attributed to all living things, especially in certain Eastern religions and New Age philosophy.
    • Thus our life substance, as an energic [translating energetischer] process, is entirely Sun.1919, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating C. G. Jung, The Psychology of the Unconscious

Forms of energic

comparativemore energic
superlativemost energic
alternative formenergical

Origin of energic

From energy + -ic. Compare earlier energetic (now the more usual word).

Words formed from energic

Questions about energic

What does energic mean?
Energic means potent, effective.
What part of speech is energic?
Energic is an adjective.

Words near energic in the dictionary

  1. energeticness
  2. energetics
  3. energetist
  4. energetistic
  5. energetists
  6. energic
  7. energical
  8. energid
  9. energids
  10. energies
  11. Energiewende

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