presentic
/prɪˈzɛntɪk/Linguistics
adjective
Of an action or state: such as would be suitably expressed by the present tense. Also (of a verb form or paradigm): appropriate for referring to present actions or states.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), linguist. From present + -ic, probably after German präsentisch.
- foundational
- foundation course
- foundation garment
- foundation stone
- foundation subjects
- founder
- founder effect
- founder member
- founder's day
- founding father
- founding member
- foundling
- found object
- foundress
- foundry
- fount
- fountain
- fountained
- fountainhead
- fountain pen
- Fountain Valley
- four
- four-bagger
- four-ball
- four-by-four