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Meaning of ictic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.
    not-comparable
  2. of a syllable in verse, carrying the beat.
    not-comparable

Examples

“It is not, on one hand, the power of omnipotence, or of a naked, ictic force, falling in secretly regenerative blows, like a slung shot in the night.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

ictogenic icy ID Idaean Idahoan Idahonian

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