runic
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- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɹuːnɪk/
Definition of runic
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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(nonstandard)Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.
“So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.”
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name
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(nonstandard)Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.
“So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.”
adj
- (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of runic.
- (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
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(not-comparable)Of a song or verse, mystically or obscurely expressed.
“Then flowered the mead, then leafed all 'Twas caused by the runic lay.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From rune + -ic, because such languages were written using runes.
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