[1880–85; cellulose + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, irredentist, jackpot, rain check, regionalism-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'cellulosic' in a sentence
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The dispute over cellulosic fuel, however, comes down to technology.
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Cellulosic biofuel has long been seen as the answer to critics of the corn-based industry.
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Cellulosic fuel comes from the conversion of the other plant parts, which make up most of the volume.
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Refiners were last year required to blend 6.6m gallons of cellulosic fuel into petrol and diesel.
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Washington set a target for 500m gallons of cellulosic fuel to be produced this year.