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cometic, a.|kəʊˈmɛtɪk|
[f. Gr. κοµήτης, L. comēta comet + -ic, after planetic, L. planēticus. Gr. πλανητικός.]
Of or pertaining to a comet or comets; of the nature of or resembling a comet.
1668Phil. Trans. III. 807 An Inclination of the Cometick Disk to the Sun. 1696Whiston Th. Earth ii. (1722) 187 The whole Cometick System. 1803Edin. Rev. I. 429 The greater eccentricity of the cometic orbits. 1879Newcomb & Holden Astron. 391 The cometic nucleus.
b. fig. Having some noted attribute of comets: blazing; portentous; erratic.
1661K. W. Conf. Charac., Meere Polititian (1860) 27 Devising plots against such as have been his coadjutors to this commetique serenity. 1885Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Chr. Kirkland I. v. 126 His comings and goings were..always cometic. |