pectic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pectic
1825–35; < Greek pēktikós congealing, equivalent to pēkt ( ós ) congealed (verbid of pēgnýnai to fix in, make solid) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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And Sophocles speaks of this triangle in his Mysians, saying— The constant music of the Phrygian Tender triangle, and the concerted strains Of the shrill Lydian pectis sounded too.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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