postic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin posticus, from post after, behind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstɪk/

Adjective

postic (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) backward; rear
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

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

Derived terms

• postically

See also

• antic

References

• “postic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• copist, cops it, optics, picots, topics