postic

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/ˈpɒstɪk/

adjective

backward; rear

OriginLatin posticus →
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Meanings

adjectivepostic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletebackward; rear

    Application of the ventral parts of the one unto the postick parts of the other.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinposticus
  2. Englishpostic

Borrowed from Latin posticus, from post after, behind.

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APA

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Chicago

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