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ictic

ictic adjective: pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.

Adjective

ictic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.
    • It is not, on one hand, the power of omnipotence, or of a naked, ictic force, falling in secretly regenerative blows, like a slung shot in the night.1858, Horace Bushnell, Sermons for the New Life
  2. of a syllable in verse, carrying the beat.

Origin of ictic

Latin ictus (“a blow”).

Questions about ictic

What does ictic mean?
Ictic means pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.
What part of speech is ictic?
Ictic is an adjective.

Words near ictic in the dictionary

  1. icthyoid
  2. icthyomancy
  3. icthyoplankton
  4. icthyosporean
  5. icthyosporeans
  6. ictic
  7. ictidorhinid
  8. ictidorhinids
  9. ictidosaur
  10. ictidosaurian
  11. ictidosaurians

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