postic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin posticus, from post after, behind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɒstɪk/
Adjective
postic (not comparable)
- (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.
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References
- “postic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.