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extrinsick

extrinsick is the obsolete form of extrinsic.

Meaning of extrinsic

Adjective

extrinsic (comparative more extrinsic, superlative most extrinsic)

  1. External; separable from the thing itself; inessential.
  2. Not belonging to something; outside.
    • 1 Experimental set up for strength testing of the flexor hallucis muscle of the right foot To ensure accurate positioning of the hallux onto the load cell, and to minimise the influence of the extrinsic muscles of the foot (ankle plantarflexors and flexor hallucis longus) and the 2nd to 4th toes, a...2015 September 9, June Quek et al., “Intra-rater reliability of hallux flexor strength measures using the Nintendo Wii Balance Board”, in Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, volume 8, →DOI

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Forms of extrinsick

comparativemore extrinsick
superlativemost extrinsick

Questions about extrinsick

What is extrinsick the obsolete form of?
Extrinsick is the obsolete form of extrinsic.

Words near extrinsick in the dictionary

  1. extrinsicated
  2. extrinsicates
  3. extrinsicating
  4. extrinsication
  5. extrinsications
  6. extrinsick
  7. extrinsicness
  8. extrinsics
  9. extripate
  10. extro
  11. extro-

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