historic
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
Adjective 4 meanings
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
“A historic opportunity”
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
“The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.”
Etymology
From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.
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HISTORIC at a glance
HISTORIC has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,001 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with historic
All rhymes- ELECTRIC12
- ERIC6
- GENERIC10
- FABRIC13
- RHETORIC13
- METRIC10
- PSYCHIATRIC23
- ATMOSPHERIC20
- LYRIC10
- GEOMETRIC14
- ECCENTRIC15
- PEDIATRIC14
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