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metallick

metallick is the obsolete form of metallic.

Meaning of metallic

Adjective

metallic (comparative more metallic, superlative most metallic)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
    • The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 44
  2. Made of or containing metal.
    • […] and, lo ! a palace towering ſeems, / With Parian pillars and metallic beams.a. 1712, William King, “Rufinus: Or, The Favourite”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume XX, page 374
  3. Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
    • No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, in Tales, London: Wiley & Putnam, published 1846, page 81
  4. Having the appearance of being of polished metal.

See all 5 meanings of metallic

Forms of metallick

comparativemore metallick
superlativemost metallick

Questions about metallick

What is metallick the obsolete form of?
Metallick is the obsolete form of metallic.

Words near metallick in the dictionary

  1. metallicity
  2. metallicize
  3. metallicized
  4. metallicizes
  5. metallicizing
  6. metallick
  7. metallicly
  8. metallicness
  9. metallicolous
  10. metallics
  11. metallide

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