-ic /ɪk/ BrE AmE suffix
[ Language: Old French ; Origin: -ique , from Latin -icus ]
1 . [in adjectives] of, like, or related to a particular thing:
photographic (=of photography)
an alcoholic drink (=containing alcohol)
polysyllabic (=containing several ↑ syllable s )
pelvic (=of the pelvis)
Byronic (=like or connected with the poet Byron)
2 . [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/ [in adverbs] :
photographically