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IC

, plural ICs.

plural ICs immediate constituent.
Electronics. integrated circuit.
intensive care.

-ic

a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally in Greek and Latin loanwords ( metallic; poetic; archaic; public ) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses “having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the base noun) ( balletic; sophomoric ); “in the style of” ( Byronic; Miltonic ); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” ( Finnic; Semitic; Turkic ).
Chemistry. a suffix, specialized in opposition to -ous, used to show the higher of two valences:
ferric chloride.
a noun suffix occurring chiefly in loanwords from Greek, where such words were originally adjectival ( critic; magic; music ).

I.C.

abbreviation for

Jesus Christ.

-ic

suffix forming adjectives

of, relating to, or resembling See also -ical
allergic
periodic
Germanic
(in chemistry) indicating that an element is chemically combined in the higher of two possible valence states Compare -ous
ferric
stannic

abbreviation for

internal-combustion
electronics integrated circuit
text messaging I see
(in transformational grammar) immediate constituent
astrology Imum Coeli: the point on the ecliptic lying directly opposite the Midheaven

i/c

abbreviation for

in charge (of)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of IC¹

Middle English -ic, -ik, from Latin -icus; in many words representing the cognate Greek -ikos (directly or through Latin ); in some words replacing -ique, from French, from Latin -icus

Origin of IC²

< Latin I ( ēsus ) C ( hrīstus )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of IC¹

from Latin -icus or Greek -ikos; -ic also occurs in nouns that represent a substantive use of adjectives ( magic ) and in nouns borrowed directly from Latin or Greek ( critic, music )

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Example Sentences

It was formerly spelled s-v-a-s-t-i-c-a and s-u-a-s-t-i-k-a, but the later spelling, both English and French, is s-w-a-s-t-i-k-a.

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You traveled in between both, as far as they had the swimming point there; I remember it was at Subic—isn't it S-u-b-i-c?

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Two months went by, during which the O. i/c Records made no further additions to our postbag.

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And then they heard Peter's great voice shouting, "N-i-c-k!"

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He used the biggest capitals ever known, and traced each in a deep dripping red, with a new spelling--s-a-c-r-i-f-i-c-e.

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