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-ic


suffix
[Language: Old French;Origin: -ique, from Latin -icus]
[in adjectives]
of, like, or related to a particular thing
 photographic (=of photography)
 an alcoholic drink (=containing alcohol)
 polysyllabic (=containing severalsyllables)
 pelvic (=of the pelvis)
 Byronic (=like or connected with the poet Byron)
[in nouns]
someone who is affected by a particular unusual condition, a mental illness for example
 an alcoholic (=someone who cannot stop drinking alcohol)
>-ically [ɪkli/