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presbytic

presbytic is the archaic form of presbyopic.

Meaning of presbyopic

Adjective

presbyopic (comparative more presbyopic, superlative most presbyopic)

  1. Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia.
    • the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out […]1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 11

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Forms of presbytic

comparativemore presbytic
superlativemost presbytic

Questions about presbytic

What is presbytic the archaic form of?
Presbytic is the archaic form of presbyopic.

Words near presbytic in the dictionary

  1. presbytership
  2. presbyterships
  3. presbytery
  4. presbytes
  5. presbytia
  6. presbytic
  7. presbytinan
  8. presbytinans
  9. presbytinnitus
  10. presbytism
  11. presbytress

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