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Definition: Mantic |
ManticAdjective1. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mantic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Mantic \Man"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression prophetic.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ManticSynonyms: divinatory (adj), sibyllic (adj), sibylline (adj), vatic (adj), vatical (adj). (additional references) |
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| "Mantic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mantic" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "mantic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | гадателски, пророчески (apocalyptic, fateful, fatidical, oracular, orphic, predictive, prophetic). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | profetico (prophetic). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | anticmay kehanete ait (fatidical). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mantic": manticore, manticores. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mantic": antiromantic, geomantic, hyperromantic, necromantic, postromantic, preromantic, romantic, semantic, superromantic, ultraromantic, unromantic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mantic": antiromanticism, antiromanticisms, antiromantics, necromantically, romantically, romanticise, romanticised, romanticises, romanticising, romanticism, romanticisms, romanticist, romanticists, romanticization, romanticizations, romanticize, romanticized, romanticizes, romanticizing, romantics, semantical, semantically, semanticist, semanticists, semantics, superromanticism, superromanticisms, unromantically, unromanticized. (additional references) | |
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"Mantic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amanti, amnetic, dantzic, Mactec, Magnac, maintence, Mandich, Mandji, mandoc, mangic, Manhica, Manjit, Mankiw, mantei, mantik, mantil, mantir, mantix, mantric, mantu, martic, mateic, matic, Matica, matinct, meanti, Mentec, menti, meztic, Minitech, Mitnick, Mlntec, monti, Mountwich, nantic, rantic, rmantic, tantic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "mantic" (pronounced 'Man"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic, Aplastic, Apocrustic, Apolaustic, Apopemptic, Archaistic, Argentic, Arrhaphostic, Asbestic, Aseptic, Aspartic, Asphaltic, Asphyctic, Astromantic, Atlantic, Atomistic, Autoclastic, Autoplastic, Bacchantic, Ballistic, Baltic, Baptistic, Bibliopegistic, Bibliopolistic, Bicrescentic, Brachycatalectic, Buddhistic, Bullantic, Cameralistic, Canonistic, Catacoustic, Catalectic, Cataleptic, Catapeltic, Cataphractic, Catastaltic, Cato-cathartic, Centrostaltic, Ceroplastic, Cetic, Chloropeptic, Choristic, Cisatlantic, Citharistic, Clastic, Climactic, Communalistic, Communistic, Coptic, Corybantic, Cosmoplastic, Crescentic, Cretic, Curialistic, Deictic, Deltic, Deutoplastic, Diacoustic, Dichastic, Dioristic, Diploblastic, Discoblastic, Docimastic, Dokimastic, Donatistic, Dracontic, Drastic, Dynastic, Dyslogistic, Ecphractic, Ectoplastic, Electic, Electro-ballistic, Elohistic, Embryoplastic, Emeto-cathartic, Empaistic, Emphractic, Emphyteutic, Empiristic, Endeictic, Endoblastic, Entastic, Entheastic, Entoplastic, Entoptic, Epiblastic, Epicerastic, Epideictic, Epiglottic, Epilogistic, Epinastic, Epiotic, Erethistic, Esemplastic, Eteostic, Euhemeristic, Eupeptic, Euphuistic, Eutectic, Evangelistic, Externalistic, Fatalistic, Fibrinoplastic, Formularistic, frantic, Fustic, galactic, Galvanocaustic, Galvanoplastic, Gelastic, Gestic, Gigantic, Glossoepiglottic, Glyptic, Gymnoblastic, Haematoplastic, Haemoplastic, Hebraistic, hedonistic, Helvetic, Hepatocystic, Heteroplastic, heuristic, Hierophantic, Holoblastic, Holocryptic, Holophrastic, Homoplastic, Hudibrastic, humanistic, Humoristic, Hydromantic, hypercatalectic, Hyperplastic, Hypoblastic, Hypocoristic, Hyponastic, Iatraliptic, iconoclastic, ictic, idealistic, Illuministic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, Isopiestic, Jehovistic, journalistic, Judaistic, lactic, Lamaistic, Latinistic, Lettic, liberalistic, Lithontriptic, Lithotriptic, Locustic, Lustic, majestic, mastic, Mastodontic, Melanistic, Meloplastic, Meroblastic, Meroistic, mesoblastic, Metaleptic, Metapectic, Micracoustic, monistic, monocystic, Monogenistic, Monogoneutic, Monoplastic, monopolistic, monotheistic, Myristic, Nativistic, Naturalistic, Nautic, Nearctic, Neoplastic, Neo-Scholastic, Nihilistic, Nominalistic, Nonelastic, Nympholeptic, Octic, Onomastic, Optimistic, Orectic, Organoleptic, Organoplastic, Orgiastic, Orthoclastic, Osteoplastic, Ostic, Otic, oxyacetic, Oxyntic, Palearctic, Paleocrystic, Pancratiastic, Panoistic, Parablastic, Paracmastic, Paracrostic, Paralactic, Parallelistic, Paratactic, Pectic, Pederastic, Peirastic, Pentacrostic, Pepastic, Periotic, Peristaltic, Philanthropistic, Phlogistic, Phonocamptic, Photic, Phrentic, Phyllotactic, Pistic, Plastic, Polaristic, Polyacoustic, Polygoneutic, Polyplastic, Pontic, Pornerastic, Postic, Practic, Preaortic, Prenostic, Procatarctic, Prootic, Proplastic, Protactic, Protoplastic, Pseudo-romantic, Pterotic, Pugilistic, Pyroacetic, Pyrognostic, Quantic, Quietistic, Quintic, realistic, revivalistic, Rhaetic, Rhetic, Rhinoplastic, ritualistic, romantic, Saccholactic, Sans-culottic, Sarcolactic, Scelestic, Scholiastic, Sciolistic, Scioptic, Sensualistic, Separatistic, Sextic, simplistic, skeptic, Solecistic, Somnambulistic, spastic, spiritualistic, Spodomantic, Stegnotic, stochastic, Stomatoplastic, Strontic, stylistic, subarctic, Subepiglottic, Subglottic, supernaturalistic, Sustaltic, Symplectic, Synchronistic, Synclastic, syncretistic, synergistic, Syrtic, Systaltic, Talmudistic, Telestic, Terpentic, Tetraschistic, Theochristic, Theopneustic, Thermosystaltic, Thermotactic, Thigmotactic, Toreutic, transatlantic, Triploblastic, Tryptic, unartistic, Unelastic, Unionistic, universalistic, Vedantic, Vitalistic, Vitre-o-electic, Xyloplastic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: actin, amnic, antic, manic, matin. | |
-2 letters: amin, anti, cain, cant, main, mica, mina, mint, tain. | |
-3 letters: act, aim, ain, ait, ami, ani, ant, cam, can, cat, mac, man, mat, nam, nim, nit, tam, tan, tic, tin. | |
-4 letters: ai, am, an, at, in, it, ma, mi, na, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: catmint, mantric, nematic. | |
+2 letters: aconitum, actinism, actinium, amnestic, amniotic, anatomic, calamint, catmints, claimant, coinmate, intimacy, magnetic, mannitic, matching, minacity, monastic, neumatic, pitchman, romantic, semantic, stickman, tsunamic, tympanic. | |
+3 letters: aconitums, actinisms, actiniums, acuminate, ammonitic, animistic, anticrime, antimacho, antimycin, antinomic, antonymic, autonomic, calamints, catamenia, centigram, chromatin, cinematic, claimants, coinmates, combating, complaint, compliant, contagium, cremating, cremation, criminate, culminant, culminate, dynamitic, emittance, encomiast, enigmatic, enzymatic, geomantic, gymnastic, hematinic, impacting, impaction, kinematic, machinate, machinist, macintosh, magnetics, manicotti, manticore, mechanist, melanitic, melanotic, mendacity, mendicant, militance, militancy, mincemeat, misacting, miscreant, monastics, monatomic, mortician, mutagenic, nonatomic, nonimpact, nystagmic, onomastic, panmictic, pneumatic, romantics, semantics, switchman, taxonomic. | |
+4 letters: actomyosin, admittance, anamnestic, anatomical, anticlimax, antidromic, antiemetic, antimycins, antiracism, astronomic, calumniate, catamenial, centesimal, centigrams, centralism, chromatins, cinematize, coatimundi, codominant, colemanite, combatting, compacting, compaction, comparting, complaints, craniotomy, cremations, criminated, criminates, culminated, culminates, cumulating, cumulation, cysteamine, decimating, decimation, dynamistic, emaciating, emaciation, emancipate, emittances, encomiasts, fanaticism, gentamicin, gymnastics, hematinics, humanistic, immittance, impactions, impatience, importance, importancy, intimacies, kinematics, lemniscate, macerating, maceration, machinated, machinates, machinator, machinists, mackintosh, maculating, maculation, magnificat, maleficent, manicurist, manometric, manticores, manuscript, mastodonic, matronymic, mechanists, medicament, medicating, medication, melanistic, mendicants, mercantile, microtonal, militances, minacities, mincemeats, miscaption, miscasting, miscreants, mistracing, monarchist, monocratic, morganatic, morphactin, morticians, multichain, myasthenic, nematicide, nematocide, numismatic, onomastics, pancratium, pantomimic, patronymic, phantasmic, phonematic, pitchwoman, rematching, remittance, sanctimony, semantical, stomaching, talismanic, taphonomic, tomcatting, tympanitic, undogmatic, undramatic, unemphatic, unromantic. | |
+5 letters: acclamation, acclimating, acclimation, accompanist, accustoming, achievement, acquirement, actinometer, actinometry, actinomyces, actinomycin, actomyosins, admittances, agnosticism, amphictyony, amylopectin, analemmatic, anastomotic, animalistic, antiemetics, antifascism, antimitotic, antimusical, antiracisms, axonometric, calumniated, calumniates, calumniator, carcinomata, carminative, cementation, centimorgan, centralisms, charmingest, checkmating, chrismation, chromatinic, cinematized, cinematizes, coadmitting, coatimundis, codominants, coenzymatic, colemanites, collimating, collimation, combination, combinative, combinatory, commination, comminatory, commonality, communalist, communality, communicant, communicate, commutating, commutation, compactions, compilation, complainant, complaisant, compliantly, computation, concomitant, condimental, containment, contaminant, contaminate, contumacies, cosmetician, craniometry, creationism, criminality, criminating, crimination, culminating, culmination, cumulations, curtailment, cysteamines, decimations, declamation, demarcating, demarcation, determinacy, diamagnetic, emaciations, emancipated, emancipates, emancipator, embrocation, enchainment, encomiastic, enigmatical, euchromatin, exclamation, fanaticisms, gametogenic, gastronomic, gentamicins, geomagnetic, harmonicist, imbricating, imbrication, immittances, impatiences, impeachment, implicating, implication, importances, imprecating, imprecation, incompliant, incremental, incriminate, informatics, interatomic, intercampus, kinematical, lacrimation, lactalbumin, lemniscates, macerations, machinating, machination, machinators, macintoshes, maculations, magnificats, magnificent, maintenance, maledicting, malediction, malefaction, malfunction, manicurists, manneristic, mantelpiece, manuscripts, martensitic, masculinist, masculinity, masticating, mastication, matchmaking, matriculant, matronymics, meatpacking, mechanistic, medicaments, medications, mendacities, mentalistic, merchanting, mercurating, mercuration, metacentric, metafiction, metagenetic, metanephric, metonymical, metrication, micturating, militancies, miscaptions, miscitation, miscreating, miscreation, mislocating, mislocation, mismatching, mispatching, misteaching, monarchists, monasticism, monogastric, morphactins, motorcading, multiagency, multicarbon, myasthenics, mythomaniac, necromantic, nematicidal, nematicides, nematocidal, nematocides, nonanatomic, nonaromatic, nondogmatic, nondramatic, nonemphatic, nonmagnetic, nonmetallic, nonmetrical, nonmystical, numismatics, outcharming, outmarching, outmatching, pancratiums, patronymics, planimetric, predicament, preromantic, reclamation, recombinant, recriminate, remittances, retinaculum, romanticise, romanticism, romanticist, romanticize, semanticist, semiotician, shamanistic, slimnastics, syntagmatic, toponymical, trichomonad, trichomonal, tumefaction, uncinematic, uncombative, unidiomatic, unmedicated, watchmaking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 74 69 63 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476780867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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