fic

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See also: ficc and fîc

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

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Noun

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fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)

  1. (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, to become fat), Proto-Slavic *spěti (to ripen).[1]

Verb

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fic (aorist fica, participle ficur)

  1. to make soft
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin fīcus (fig).

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Noun

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fic m (plural fics)

  1. wart
    Synonym: berruga
  2. Alpine buckthorn
    Synonym: púdol
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Middle English

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Noun

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fic

  1. Alternative form of fyke

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *fīk, *fīgā.

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fīc m

  1. a fig or fig tree
  2. piles, hemorrhoids

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: fike, fyke