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-fic
- a combining form meaning “making,” “producing,” “causing,” appearing in adjectives borrowed from Latin:
frigorific; honorific; pacific; prolific.
-fic
suffix forming adjectives
- causing, making, or producing
honorific
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -fic1
< Latin -ficus making, producing, equivalent to -fic- (combining form of facere to make) + -us adj. suffix; in some words replacing -fique < Middle French < Latin -ficus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -fic1
from Latin -ficus , from facere to do, make
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Example Sentences
The basic premise of the fan fic is that Hanna, Spencer, and Aria are all pregnant.
From The Daily Beast
In your fan-fic version, you can add in that blue subway tile.
From The Daily Beast
A suf-fic-ien-cy of sleep and plain, whole-some fare are strong-ly re-com-mend-ed.
From Project Gutenberg
Because anyone really bitter against and through with sci-fic would simply stop reading it, not start deriding it!
From Project Gutenberg
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