[vo.cal.ic] adj [L vocalis vowel, fr. vocalis vocal] (1814) 1: marked by or consisting of vowels
2. a: being or functioning as a vowel b: of, relating to, or associated with a vowel -- vo.cal.i.cal.ly adv
[2]vocalic n (1924): a vowel sound or sequence in its function as the most sonorous part of a syllable