hippic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἱππικός (hippikós, “relating to horses or horse-riding”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns). Ἱππικός is derived from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse; stallion”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“horse; swift (?)”)) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪpɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpɪk
- Hyphenation: hipp‧ic
Adjective[edit]
hippic (comparative more hippic, superlative most hippic)
- Relating to horses or horse-riding.
- (humorous, dated) Relating to horse racing. [chiefly 19th c.]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
relating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
relating to horse racing
References[edit]
- ^ “hippic, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “hippic, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
- horse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- equestrianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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