Lithuanicadj.n.
/lɪθjuːˈanɪk/ A. adj.
= Lithuanian adj. Also, in wider sense, applied to the group of languages, (also called Lettic and Baltic) which includes Lithuanian together with Latvian and Old Prussian.
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Balto-Lithuanian1922
1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. 3 The Livonian,..the Old Prussian, and the Lithuanian of Lithuania, constituting the Lithuanic stock.
B. n.
The Lithuanic language or group of languages.
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1844 R. G. Latham in Proc. Philol. Soc. (1845) 1 235 In Lithuanic the term in use is one; as, wiens wienâ.
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