单词 | -istic |
释义 | -istica suffix of adjectives (and in the plural, of nouns from adjectives) formed from nouns ending in -ist and having reference to such nouns, or to associated nouns ending in -ism (deistic; euphuistic; puristic). In nouns, it usually has a plural form (linguistics). Compare -ist, -ic, -ics. Origin of -istic<Latin -isticus<Greek -istikos; in some words, replacing -istique<French <Latin, as above Words nearby -isticisthmus of auditory tube, isthmus of fauces, isthmus of thyroid, isthmus of uterine tube, isthmus of uterus, -istic, -istical, -istics, istle, Istomin, Istria Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -istic-istic suffix forming adjectivesequivalent to a combination of -ist and -ic but in some words having a less specific or literal application and sometimes a mildly pejorative force, as compared with corresponding adjectives ending in -istcommunistic; impressionistic Word Origin for -isticfrom Latin -isticus, from Greek istikos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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