-fic

American  

1. a combining form meaning “making,” “producing,” “causing,” appearing in adjectives borrowed from Latin.

   frigorific; honorific; pacific; prolific.

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-fic British  

suffix

1. causing, making, or producing

   honorific

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Etymology

Origin of -fic

< Latin -ficus making, producing, equivalent to -fic- (combining form of facere to make) + -us adj. suffix; in some words replacing -fique < Middle French < Latin -ficus

Example Sentences

The site’s downtime was just a coincidence, but “Heat Waves” at the time was the “third most kudosed fic on the site,” an administrator told The Verge’s Adi Robertson.

From The Verge

“I regularly get sent TikToks of teenagers bragging about illegally receiving their favorite fic from Barnes & Noble, and explaining to people how to do it,” Lesure said.

From The Verge

FIC Restaurants, which operates the Friendly's brand, will sell substantially all of its assets to Amici Partners Group, an affiliate of the owners of restaurant chains including Red Mango frozen yogurt shops.

From Washington Post

The company, which runs the restaurants under the parent company FIC Restaurants Inc., will sell substantially all of its assets to the restaurant company, Amici Partners Group.

From Seattle Times

FIC helps stem deadly violence by discouraging retaliatory attacks.

From Washington Times