tɪk adjective
of or pertaining to seals or signet rings.
Origin:
1830–40; < Late Greek sphrāgistikós, equivalent to Greek sphrāgist(ós) stamped, marked (derivative of sphrāgís a seal) + -ikos -ic
1830–40; < Late Greek sphrāgistikós, equivalent to Greek sphrāgist(ós) stamped, marked (derivative of sphrāgís a seal) + -ikos -ic
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| —n | |
| (functioning as singular) the study of seals and signet rings | |
| [C19: from Greek sphragistikos, from sphragizein to seal, from sphragis a seal] | |
| sphra'gistic | |
| —adj | |
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