-atic

American  

1. a suffix used in forming adjectives from verbs and nouns: aquatic, enzymatic .

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-atic British  

suffix

1. of the nature of the thing specified

   problematic

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Etymology

Origin of -atic

From Latin -āticus. See -ate ¹ ( def. ), -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

Miralem Halilovic scored 13, while Jusuf Nurkic and Edin Atic each had 12 for the winners.

From Seattle Times

The comic is said to have "sat on a chair and laid back for five minutes" during his show at the The Atic bar in Bicester on Thursday.

From BBC

And it is also symptom­atic of more profound change: We may no longer care nearly as much about what our surroundings look like because we are no longer there as we used to be.

From Slate

Michael Keeling, an attorney and lobbyist representing ATIC, sent a letter to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office on Friday asking that Burns be removed as a lobbyist from the group.

From Washington Times

Many of today's forty-somethings got a first taste for video gaming with Spectrum classics such as Atic Atac, Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner.

From BBC