sophic

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adjective

Teaching, conveying, or related to wisdom.

OriginAncient Greek σοφός →
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Meanings

adjectivesophic (comparative more sophic, superlative most sophic)

comparative more sophic · superlative most sophic · alternative sophical · alternative sophick

  1. obsoleteTeaching, conveying, or related to wisdom.

    He'll drop the sword, or shut the sophic page And pensive pay the tributary tear.

    a. 1773, James Cunningham, Stanzas on the Death of George II
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    The sophic activities so highly developed among the tribes of the arid pueblo region.

    1897-1898, John Wesley Powell, 19th Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσοφός“skilled, wise”
  2. Englishsophic

From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “skilled, wise”) + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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