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▪ I. herpetic, a.1|həˈpɛtɪk|
[f. Gr. ἑρπητ- (see prec.) + -ic. Cf. F. herpétique.]
Pertaining to or of the nature of herpes; affected with herpes.
1783J. C. Smyth in Med. Commun. I. 193 Herpetic spots and blotches. 1804Med. Jrnl. XII. 97 Those herpetic affections which so frequently appear among the children of the poor. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xix. 375 We saw the herpetic eruptions round their mouths.
So herˈpetical a., of the nature of herpes.
1767A. Campbell Lexiph. (1774) 38 A pruriginous, herpetical, and incurable eruption of pustules.
▪ II. herˈpetic, a.2 nonce-wd.
[f. Gr. ἑρπετ-όν reptile + -ic.]
Crawling, reptilian.
1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. Poems 1890 II. 63 An abject and herpetic Public Opinion is the Pope, the Anti-Christ, for us to protest against. |