postic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin posticus, from post after, behind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstɪk/

Adjective

postic (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) backward
   • 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.

Derived terms

• postically

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “postic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

See also

• antic

Anagrams

• copist, cops it, optics, picots, topics