sadic
English
Alternative forms
- Sadic
Etymology
From the Marquis de Sade + -ic, probably after French sadique.
Adjective
sadic (comparative more sadic, superlative most sadic)
- Sadistic.
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 349:
- Nothing but the infernal cruelty of their interview of the morning could have forced him to make a proposal of illicit intercourse to a young lady to whom hitherto he had spoken not even one word of affection. It was an effect of a Sadic kind.
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 349:
Anagrams
- ASDIC, acids, ascid, cadis, caids
Romanian
Etymology
From French sadique.
Adjective
sadic m or n (feminine singular sadică, masculine plural sadici, feminine and neuter plural sadice)
- sadistic
Declension
Declension of sadic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | sadic | sadică | sadici | sadice | ||
| definite | sadicul | sadica | sadicii | sadicele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | sadic | sadice | sadici | sadice | ||
| definite | sadicului | sadicei | sadicilor | sadicelor | |||