ictic

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adjective

Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.

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ictal
OriginLatin ictus →
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Meanings

adjectiveictic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.

    It is not, on one hand, the power of omnipotence, or of a naked, ictic force, falling in secretly regenerative blows, like a slung shot in the night.

    1858, Horace Bushnell, Sermons for the New Life
  2. not comparablecommunicationsof a syllable in verse, carrying the beat.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to a seizure or convulsion

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ictal
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ictal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinictus“a blow”
  2. Englishictic

Latin ictus (“a blow”).

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APA

ictic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ictic

MLA

“ictic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ictic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ictic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ictic.

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