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intrinsick

intrinsick is the obsolete form of intrinsic.

Meaning of intrinsic

Adjective

intrinsic (comparative more intrinsic, superlative most intrinsic)

  1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
    • the intrinsic value of gold or silver
    Antonyms:
    extrinsic
  2. Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
  3. Built-in.
    • In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.1997, Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener, Fortran 95 Handbook: Complete ISO/ANSI Reference, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 192

See all 5 meanings of intrinsic

Forms of intrinsick

comparativemore intrinsick
superlativemost intrinsick

Questions about intrinsick

What is intrinsick the obsolete form of?
Intrinsick is the obsolete form of intrinsic.

Words near intrinsick in the dictionary

  1. intrinsicality
  2. intrinsically
  3. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
  4. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells
  5. intrinsicalness
  6. intrinsick
  7. intrinsicness
  8. intrinsicoid
  9. intrinsics
  10. intrinsify
  11. intriptyline

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