Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to animals or living beings; relating to or characterized by animal life; marked by the presence of life.
Wiktionary
- adj. rare Showing traces of life; containing organic remains.
- adj. Having the form of animal; animal-like, zoomorphic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. pertaining to animals or animal life or action
Etymologies
- From Greek ζωικός, from ζώιον ‘animal’. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In all those mythologies which have been studied with any degree of care up to the present time zoic deities greatly prevail, the progenitors and prototypes of the animals of the land, air, and water; yet there are other deities.”
“Their gods are zoic, and the chief among them are the wolf, the rabbit, the eagle, the jay, the rattlesnake, and the spider.”
“The Indians are very skillful actors, and they represent the parts of beasts or reptiles, wearing masks and imitating the ancient zoic gods.”
“The heavenly bodies, the sun and moon and stars, are mythic animals, and all of the phenomena of nature are attributed to these zoic beings.”
“About their camp fires scattered in forest glades by brooks and lakes, they assemble to dance and sing in honor of their gods -- wonderful mythic animals, for they hold as divine the ancient of bears, the eagle of the lost centuries, the rattlesnake of primeval times, and a host of other zoic deities.”
“Take the NYC mindset out of the Rockies and back to where it belongs - 1,500 miles from here. zoic”
“Can't believe I actually read the entire article. ... zoic”
“Subsequently the zoic concept fades, and the constant association of human intellectual qualities engenders an anthropic concept, when the sun becomes an anthropomorphic deity (perhaps bearing a dazzling mask, as among the”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘zoic’.
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phrontistery-z
from phrontistery.info
zyzzyva, zythum, zymurgy, zymotic, zymotechnics, zymosis, zymosimeter, zymometer, zymology, zymogenic, zymite, zymic and 208 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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nachchba's Words
stentorian, blasé, ennui, concinnity, melee, photokeratitis, skiffle, refulgence, mongrel, fakir, caid, eudaimonia and 215 more...
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Discovered Scrabble Words
Oh, that little smiling teacher tile in my Scrabble app. He teaches me so much.
lovage, khaf, tititi, leet, ketol, fon, ono, dunelike, braw, bocci, lutz, fano and 132 more...
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-ic ending
Words ending in ic, tic or nic.
clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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"Z" Words
Scrabble List
zyme, zori, zoos, zoon, zoom, zonk, zone, zoic, zoea, zits, ziti, zing and 76 more...
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Unlikely or unbeloved
no more.
abiotic, adoxography, xenodocheionology, xyloid, xanthochroid, zoanthropy, zoic, zomotherapy, wayzgoose, vagile, vacuity, vaginate and 6 more...
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