thalassic

[ thuh-las-ik ]

/ θəˈlæs ɪk /

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adjective

of or relating to seas and oceans.

of or relating to smaller bodies of water, as seas and gulfs, as distinguished from large oceanic bodies.

growing, living, or found in the sea; marine.

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Origin of thalassic

First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek thálass(a) “sea” + -ic

Words nearby thalassic

thalamium, thalamus, Thalassa, thalassaemia, thalassemia, thalassic, thalasso-, thalassocracy, thalassocrat, thalassography, thalassotherapy

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How to use thalassic in a sentence

They make nitroglycerine, like all the thalassic peoples; they also make TNT and catastrophite, and propellants.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
The thalassic peoples here in the Equatorial Zone are fairly good empirical, teaspoon-measure, chemists.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
It progresses most rapidly where the knowledge of outlying or remote lands travels fastest, as along rivers and thalassic coasts.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple
Africa was further cursed by the mockery of desert coasts along most of her scant thalassic shores.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple

Small thalassic islands, at an early date in their history, lose their ethnic unity and present a highly mixed population.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple

British Dictionary definitions for thalassic

thalassic

/ (θəˈlæsɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the sea

of or relating to small or inland seas, as opposed to open waters

inhabiting or growing in the sea; marinethalassic fauna

Word Origin for thalassic

C19: from French thalassique, from Greek thalassa sea

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