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stiptic

stiptic is the archaic form of styptic.

Meaning of styptic

Adjective

styptic (comparative more styptic, superlative most styptic)

  1. Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
    • Boyles turns to look over his shoulder, squinting into the styptic sun, and then flags a hand over his head.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 328
  2. (broadly) That stops bleeding; especially, in a minor way, topically.
    • The growth on top was a scrubby plant, unknown anywhere else on Malta, which was believed to have styptic qualities – it could staunch bleeding when packed on top of a wound […].1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta

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Forms of stiptic

Adjective
comparativemore stiptic
superlativemost stiptic
Noun
pluralstiptics

Questions about stiptic

What is stiptic the archaic form of?
Stiptic is the archaic form of styptic.

Words near stiptic in the dictionary

  1. stippling
  2. stipplings
  3. stipply
  4. Stipps
  5. stips
  6. stiptic
  7. stiptics
  8. stipula
  9. stipulable
  10. stipulaceous
  11. stipulae

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