sadic

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English

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Etymology

From the Marquis de Sade +‎ -ic, probably after French sadique.

Adjective

sadic (comparative more sadic, superlative most sadic)

  1. Sadistic.
    • 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 349:
      Nothing but the infernal cruelty of their interview of the morning could have forced him to make a proposal of illicit intercourse to a young lady to whom hitherto he had spoken not even one word of affection. It was an effect of a Sadic kind.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sadique.

Adjective

sadic m or n (feminine singular sadică, masculine plural sadici, feminine and neuter plural sadice)

  1. sadistic

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