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-atic

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



-atic

suffix

  1. of the nature of the thing specified

    problematic

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of -atic1

From Latin -āticus. See -ate 1 ( def. ), -ic ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -atic1

from French -atique, from Greek -atikos
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Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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