Arctic

Arc·tic

Use Arctic in a sentence

A boat travels the Arctic Ocean.

adjective

Arctic is defined as a way to describe something very cold, like freezing icy temperatures or a person’s disinterested or chilly attitude.
A person who ignores another person is an example of being in an Arctic mood.
The definition of Arctic is a name for anything associated with the North Pole region.
An example is the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole.

noun

An Arctic means a waterproof shoe that is worn over a regular shoe.
Putting on a pair of galoshes over tennis shoes is an example of wearing Arctics.

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arctic

of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it
very cold; frigid

Origin of arctic

Middle English artik from Old French artique from Classical Latin arcticus from Classical Greek arktikos, literally , of the (constellation of the) Bear (Gr arktos), northern, arctic

arctic Idioms

the Arctic

the region around the North Pole, including the Arctic Ocean and the lands in it north of the 70° latitude

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arctic

adjective

Extremely cold; frigid. See Synonyms at cold.

noun

A warm waterproof overshoe.

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 ; see &rlowring;tko- in Indo-European roots.

Arctic

A region between the North Pole and the northern timberlines of North America and Eurasia.

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Arc′tic
adjective

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Adjective

(comparative more arctic, superlative most arctic)

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.

Noun

(plural arctics)

(US) A warm waterproof overshoe.

Origin

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

Proper noun

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

Usage notes

Like Antarctic, this word was originally pronounced without /k/, but the spelling pronunciation has become the more common one. The "c" was originally added to the spelling for etymological reasons, and its pronunciation returned thereafter.

Adjective

(not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Arctic.

Origin

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”).

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