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Antarctic

Definitions

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  • adjective obsolete Southern.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
  • adjective figuratively Opposite, contradictory.
  • proper noun One of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions.

Etymologies

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From Old French antarctique, from Latin antarcticus, from Greek ανταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ant- (from αντί, “opposite”) + άρκτος arktos “Great Bear” + -ikos.

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forms (2)

Forms

  1. Antarctic Circle
  2. Antarctic Ocean

rhymes (3)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Arctic
  2. arctic
  3. cathartic

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