historic

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

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Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

adjective

1
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
A historic opportunity
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
the historic moment when the Berlin Wall came down, together with the preservation of the city's historic district
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
2
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic.
3
Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
An high-pac'd Muse treading a lofty march, leades honor enchaind in an Epique pen, grac'd with the furtherance of historique Clio.
4
Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā)bor. Latin historia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin historicusder. English historic From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.

noun

1
obsoleteA history, a non-fiction account of the past.
Before the beginnyng of this historic, I haue thought good by waie of a Proeme, to introduce the wordes of an excellent writer called Lodouicus Caelius Rhodoginus.
2
obsoleteA historian.

Forms

plural: historics
comparative: more historic
superlative: most historic

hiss · A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping…hissing · that produces or is accompanied with a hiss historian · A writer of history.

historic · Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

historical · Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history,…historically · In a historic manner; with reference to history or the…history · The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.

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