-ic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ic
▶suffix
- 1 forming adjectives such as Islamic, terrific.
- 2 forming nouns such as lyric, mechanic.
- 3 Chemistry denoting an element in a higher valency: ferric. Compare with -ous.
– origin from Fr. -ique, L. -icus, or Gk -ikos.
'-ic' also found in these Oxford entries:
acerbic
- acrylic
- actinic
- acyclovir
- adipic acid
- adrenergic
- aerobic
- agamic
- agogic
- agonic line
- alethic
- alginic acid
- aliphatic
- allogeneic
- allopatric
- amphoteric
- anencephalic
- anisotropic
- anthelmintic
- antidromic
- apotropaic
- arachidonic acid
- Aramaic
- ascorbic acid
- astatic
- -ate
- auric
- automatic
- autotelic
- axenic
- azoic
- Balearic
- boracic
- Brythonic
- butyric acid
- caproic acid
- Cenozoic
- Chalcolithic
- cholinergic
- chthonic
- citric
- climactic
- corybantic
- cyanic
- Cymric
- demodectic mange
- deontic
- diachronic
- dichotic
- dichroic
