energic
See also: enèrgic
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From energy + -ic. Compare earlier energetic (now the more usual word).
Adjective
energic (comparative more energic, superlative most energic)
- (obsolete) Potent, effective. [17th–19th c.]
- (obsolete, rhetoric) Having great power of expression; forceful. [17th–19th c.]
- Carried out with force; vigorous, energetic; full of energy. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete) In a state of action; producing effects; active, operational. [18th–19th c.]
- (Can we date this quote by Blackwood Magazine and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- the energic faculty that we call will
- (Can we date this quote by Blackwood Magazine and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Pertaining to a spiritual or psychic energy attributed to all living things, especially in certain Eastern religions and New Age philosophy. [from 19th c.]
- 1919, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating C. G. Jung, The Psychology of the Unconscious:
- Thus our life substance, as an energic [translating energetischer] process, is entirely Sun.
- 1919, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating C. G. Jung, The Psychology of the Unconscious:
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Anagrams
Ladin
Adjective
energic m pl
- plural of energich
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French énergique. By surface analysis, energie + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈner.d͡ʒik/
- Rhymes: -erd͡ʒik
- Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gic
Adjective
energic m or n (feminine singular energică, masculine plural energici, feminine/neuter plural energice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | energic | energică | energici | energice | |||
| definite | energicul | energica | energicii | energicele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | energic | energice | energici | energice | |||
| definite | energicului | energicei | energicilor | energicelor | ||||
Further reading
- “energic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026