cometicadj.

Brit.

/kɒˈmɛtɪk/, U.S.

/kɑˈmɛdɪk/

Forms: 1600s cometick, 1600s commetique, 1700s– cometic.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cométique.

Etymology: < French †cométique (1604 or earlier) < post-classical Latin cometicus of or relating to a comet (13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin comēta comet n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier cometical adj. and earlier cometary adj. Compare also earlier planetic adj.

†1. figurative. Designating something likened to a comet, esp. in being portentous, brilliant, or transient. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [adjective] > resembling

beardy1581

comet-like1621

cometical1652

cometic1661

cometary1759

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 15 Devising plots against..such as have been his coadjutors to this Commetique serenity.

1766 Rhapsodies i. 36 Not the Sun..darts a fiercer Blaze, Than this Portentous—this Cometic Man Glow'd forth, Eccentric, when he once began!

1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 593/1 Carlyle..with all the dazzling lights and electric splendors of his cometic genius.

1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland I. v. 126 His comings and goings were..always cometic.

1907 Outing Mag. Jan. 508/2 The cyclonic, cometic, epoch-making social success of Miss Ethel Marr.

2. Of or relating to a comet or comets; of the nature of or resembling a comet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [adjective]

cometary1619

cometical1665

cometic1668

sungrazing1882

1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 807 An Inclination of the Cometick Disk to the Sun.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 455/1 One of his [sc. Halley's] most valuable pieces is his abridgment of cometic astronomy.

1772 A. Oliver Ess. Comets i. 10 Sometimes indeed the cometic atmosphere assumes a different form, surrounding the nucleus equally on every side.

1803 Edinb. Rev. 1 429 The greater eccentricity of the cometic orbits.

1874 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 76 According to the other theory, the solar system..was formed by a process of accretion, due to the indrawing of great flights of meteoric and cometic matter.

1924 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 32 709 The perihelia of the planetary nuclei were necessarily near the sun and their orbits were very eccentric—indeed, cometic in type.

2003 N. James & G. North Observing Comets iii. 58 The stars are sharp right to the edge of the field [of view], rather than cometic as before!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cometic
释义	cometicadj. Brit. /kɒˈmɛtɪk/, U.S. /kɑˈmɛdɪk/ Forms: 1600s cometick, 1600s commetique, 1700s– cometic. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cométique. Etymology: < French †cométique (1604 or earlier) < post-classical Latin cometicus of or relating to a comet (13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin comēta comet n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier cometical adj. and earlier cometary adj. Compare also earlier planetic adj. †1. figurative. Designating something likened to a comet, esp. in being portentous, brilliant, or transient. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [adjective] > resembling beardy1581 comet-like1621 cometical1652 cometic1661 cometary1759 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 15 Devising plots against..such as have been his coadjutors to this Commetique serenity. 1766 Rhapsodies i. 36 Not the Sun..darts a fiercer Blaze, Than this Portentous—this Cometic Man Glow'd forth, Eccentric, when he once began! 1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 593/1 Carlyle..with all the dazzling lights and electric splendors of his cometic genius. 1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland I. v. 126 His comings and goings were..always cometic. 1907 Outing Mag. Jan. 508/2 The cyclonic, cometic, epoch-making social success of Miss Ethel Marr. 2. Of or relating to a comet or comets; of the nature of or resembling a comet. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [adjective] cometary1619 cometical1665 cometic1668 sungrazing1882 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 807 An Inclination of the Cometick Disk to the Sun. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 455/1 One of his [sc. Halley's] most valuable pieces is his abridgment of cometic astronomy. 1772 A. Oliver Ess. Comets i. 10 Sometimes indeed the cometic atmosphere assumes a different form, surrounding the nucleus equally on every side. 1803 Edinb. Rev. 1 429 The greater eccentricity of the cometic orbits. 1874 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 76 According to the other theory, the solar system..was formed by a process of accretion, due to the indrawing of great flights of meteoric and cometic matter. 1924 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 32 709 The perihelia of the planetary nuclei were necessarily near the sun and their orbits were very eccentric—indeed, cometic in type. 2003 N. James & G. North Observing Comets iii. 58 The stars are sharp right to the edge of the field [of view], rather than cometic as before! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1661
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