-tic

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tic"

English

Alternative forms

• -atic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós).

Suffix

-tic

1. Forms adjectives from nouns ending with -sis, -o, or -a
2. Forms adjectives from nouns ending with ‘-ism’, replacing this ending with ‘-istic’

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -tic

acapnotic

aesthetic

aphetic

autistic

autoanalytic

bozotic

catastatic

chromatic

cinematic

dechticaetiative

diathetic

digoneutic

draconitic

dramatic

ecstatic

elliptic

enigmatic

entastic

erotematic

eubouliatic

euphemistic

fantastic

genetic

goniodysgenetic

hematic

hyletics

hyperleukocytotic

hypostatic

interphrastic

lavatic

lemmatic

lepromatic

leukostatic

megakaryopoietic

meiotic

melismatic

melodramatic

micropetrotic

monogoneutic

Noahtic

oncotic

pantheistic

parakeratotic

photoepileptic

photophobotactic

polygoneutic

psychotic

pysmatic

seclusionistic

smectic

somaesthetics

spastic

static

stromatic

symbiotic

tabooistic

tmetic

traumatic

trigoneutic

Xenophontic

zygomatic