-istic
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-istic repr. F.
-istique, L.
-isticus — Gr.
-istikós, comp. suffix f.
-istḗs -IST +
-ikós -IC, as in
sophistikós SOPHISTIC(AL); but used also where there is a corr. vb. in
-izein -IZE, and sb. in
-ismós -ISM but not a sb. in
-istḗs -IST, as in
kharaktēristikós CHARACTERISTIC. The use of this suffix was much extended in medL. and mod. langs. An alternative secondary form is
-istical, whence the gen. adv.
-istically; there is also a parallel
-isticate for related vbs.; e.g.
sophistic,
-ical,
-ically,
-icate(d).
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