or Massoretic (ˌmæsəˈrɛtɪk), Masoretical or Massoretical
adjective
of or relating to the Masora, the Masoretes, or the system of textual criticism and explanation evolved by them
Masoretic in American English
(ˌmæsəˈretɪk)
adjective
of or pertaining to the Masorah or the Masoretes
Also: Masoretical, Massoretic, Massoretical
Word origin
[1695–1705; masorete + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1695–1705. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: assemblage, chaise, pinwheel, piston, telescopic-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)