-ic

1. a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring orig. in Greek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses “having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the base noun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic).

   Category: Common Vocabulary

2. ferric chloride.

   Category: Chemistry

   Ref: a suffix, specialized in opposition to -ous 2 , used to show the higher of two valences:

3. a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where such words were orig. adjectival (critic; magic; music).

   Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of -ic:

ME -ic, -ik < L -icus or Gk -ikos

IC

1. immediate constituent.

   Category: Grammar

2. integrated circuit.

   Category: Electronics

3. intensive care.

I.C.

1. Jesus Christ.

   Category: Religion

Origin of I.C.:

< LL I(ēsus)C(hrīstus)