hippic

English
WOTD – 13 December 2021

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἱππικός (hippikós, “relating to horses or horse-riding”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns). Ἱππικός is derived from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse; stallion”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“horse; swift (?)”)) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪpɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpɪk
  • Hyphenation: hipp‧ic

Adjective

hippic (comparative more hippic, superlative most hippic)

  1. Relating to horses or horse-riding.
    (relating to horses): Synonyms: (more common) equine, horselike, (rare) horsely, (obsolete, rare) horsen, (the next two somewhat informal) horsey, horsy
    (relating to horse-riding): Synonym: equestrian
  2. (humorous, dated) Relating to horse racing. [chiefly 19th c.]

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References
  1. “hippic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “hippic, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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