Arctic Definition

ärktĭk, ärtĭk
adjective
Extremely cold; frigid.
American Heritage
Of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it.
Webster's New World
Very cold; frigid.
Webster's New World

Being extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.

The food was kept very fresh by the arctic temperature setting of the freezer.
Wiktionary
Of or pertaining to the Arctic.
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noun
A warm waterproof overshoe.
American Heritage

(US) A warm waterproof overshoe.

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pronoun

A region of the Earth above the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole.

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Other Word Forms of Arctic

Noun

Singular:
arctic
Plural:
arctics

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Arctic

  • the Arctic

Origin of Arctic

  • Alteration (influenced by Latin arcticus) of Middle English artik northern from Medieval Latin articus from Latin arcticus from Greek arktikos from arktos bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major r̥tko- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikos, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (arktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Old French artique, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikos, “of the bear, northern”), a reference to the northerly constellation Ursa Major, from ἄρκτος (arktos, “bear”).

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