Arctic
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arctic¹
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of Arctic.Arctic
noun arctics
- Alternative letter-case form of Arctic.Arctic
Arctic²
- /ˈɑː(k).tɪk/ UK
- /ˈɑɹ(k).tɪk/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk, -ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English artik, artyk (with the c reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.
adjective arctic
- Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
- Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. What neede the artick people loue star-light, To whom the sunne shines both by day and night.
- Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the climate of the Arctic. See freedom smiling thro’ the realms of frost, And glow on Labradore’s inclement coast, Tho’ darkness sheds deep night thro’ half the year, And snow invests the clime,—that clime is dear, For there fair liberty resides, and there At large the native breasts the searching air, Where blows the arctic
- Designed for use in very cold conditions. Arctic gear
proper noun arctic
- The north celestial pole.
- A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. I’ve visited the world from arctic to ecliptic, as a surgeon does a hospital, and find all men sick of some distemper […]
noun Arctics · arctic
- A warm waterproof overshoe.
- Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
