energic
Appearance
See also: enèrgic
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From energy + -ic. Compare earlier energetic (now the more usual word).
Adjective
[edit]energic (comparative more energic, superlative most energic)
- (obsolete) Potent, effective. [17th–19th c.]
- (obsolete, rhetoric) Having great power of expression; forceful. [17th–19th c.]
- Carried out with force; vigorous, energetic; full of energy. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete) In a state of action; producing effects; active, operational. [18th–19th c.]
- (Can we date this quote by Blackwood Magazine and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- the energic faculty that we call will
- (Can we date this quote by Blackwood Magazine and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Pertaining to a spiritual or psychic energy attributed to all living things, especially in certain Eastern religions and New Age philosophy. [from 19th c.]
- 1919, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating C. G. Jung, The Psychology of the Unconscious:
- Thus our life substance, as an energic [translating energetischer] process, is entirely Sun.
- 1919, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating C. G. Jung, The Psychology of the Unconscious:
Derived terms
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[edit]Ladin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]energic m pl
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French énergique. By surface analysis, energie + -ic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]energic m or n (feminine singular energică, masculine plural energici, feminine/neuter plural energice)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | energic | energică | energici | energice | |||
| definite | energicul | energica | energicii | energicele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | energic | energice | energici | energice | |||
| definite | energicului | energicei | energicilor | energicelor | ||||
Further reading
[edit]- “energic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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- English terms suffixed with -ic
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Rhetoric
- Ladin non-lemma forms
- Ladin adjective forms
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms suffixed with -ic
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Romanian/erd͡ʒik
- Rhymes:Romanian/erd͡ʒik/3 syllables
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives