Adriatic
adjective
Adri·at·ic ¦ā-drē-¦a-tik 
¦a-
: of or relating to the sea that lies east of Italy
Word History
Etymology
Middle English Adriatike, borrowed from Latin Adriāticus, Hadriāticus, from Adria, Atria, ancient seaport in northeast Italy + -āticus, suffix forming place-name derivatives (probably after Asiāticus asiatic )
First Known Use
1632, in the meaning defined above
- rattish
- rattle
- rattle about
- rattle around
- rattle off
- rattle on
- rattle someone's cage
- rattle through
- rattle-top
- rattlebag
- rattlebags
- rattlebones
- rattleboxes
- rattlebrain
- rattlebrained
- rattlebrains
- rattlebush
- rattled
- rattled around
- rattled off
- rattled on
- rattled through
- rattlehead
- rattleheaded
- rattlemouse