Meanings
adjectivepistic (comparative more pistic, superlative most pistic)
comparative more pistic · superlative most pistic
Origin
- Ancient Greekπιστικός
- Latinpisticus“pure; genuine”
- Englishpistic
From Latin pisticus (“pure; genuine”), from Ancient Greek πιστικός (pistikós).
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Rhymes with pistic
realisticcharacteristicholisticlinguisticmysticoptimisticballisticcysticfuturisticheuristicjournalisticpessimisticaltruisticatavisticsurrealisticmisticcannibalisticjingoistichubristicactivisticallisticArabisticAramaisticcriminalistic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
pistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistic
MLA
“pistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistic.
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