DictionaryRoot: -ic
English
-ic
connected with or characteristic of
Forms
- -ic
Origin
Through French and Latin -icus from Greek -ikos.
Note
It can indicate a field, a material, a resemblance, or a tendency; it has no single literal meaning in every word.
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adjective
platonic
Relating to Plato or his philosophy.
Etymology
Platonic is formed from the name Plato. In this sense it directly identifies the philosopher's ideas or things associated with his philosophical tradition.
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