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classic /klasˈik/ noun- Any great writer, composer or work
- A person who studies the ancient classics
- A standard work
- Something of established excellence
- Something quintessentially typical or definitive
- Any of five flat races (eg the Derby) for three-year-olds, or other established sporting event
- Something delightful of its kind, such as a good story (informal)
- (in pl) Greek and Latin studies
adjective- Of the highest class or rank, esp in literature or art
- Chaste, refined, restrained, in keeping with classical art
- (also classical) having literary or historical associations
- (also classical) traditionally accepted, long or well established
- (also classical) excellent, definitive (slang)
- (also classical) of clothes, made in a simple tailored style that remains fashionable and stylish
- See also classical below
ORIGIN: L classicus of the first class, from classis class classˈical adjective - Of orchestral and chamber music, etc, as opposed to jazz, folk music, etc
- (also classic) relating to or characteristic of the best Greek and Roman writers
- (also classic) relating to Greek and Latin studies
- (also classic) resembling or in the style of the authors of Greece and Rome or the old masters in music, opp to romantic
- Of theories based on concepts established before relativity and quantum mechanics (physics)
- (also (Milton) classic) Presbyterian, of a classis
- See also classic (adj) above
classicalˈity noun classˈically adverb classˈicalness noun classˈicism /-sizm/ or classˈicalism noun - A classical idiom
- (in literature, music, etc) a principle, character or tendency such as is seen in Greek classical literature, marked by beauty of form, good taste, restraint and clarity (cf romanticism)
classˈicist or (rare) classˈicalist noun - A person versed in the classics, or devoted to their being used in education
- Someone who is for classicism rather than romanticism
classˈicize or classˈicise transitive verb To make classic or classical intransitive verb To imitate a classical style in literature, music, etc classical conditioning noun (psychology) A learning process in which two stimuli are regularly paired, so that the response given to the second stimulus eventually comes to be given to the first classical revival noun A form of Western art characterized by a return to the classical orders in architecture, an interest in themes from classical literature and an emphasis on the human form as a central motif classic car noun A motor car of classic design, esp one manufactured between 1925 and 1942 classic races plural noun The five chief annual horseraces, the Two Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas, Derby, Oaks, and St Leger |