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meteoric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmiːtiˈɒɹɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English meteor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English meteoric From meteor + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
    • meteoric iron
  2. (broadly) Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
    • With the meteoric rise has come broad concerns about the app’s impact on its relatively young users. 2022 December 30, Kari Paul, “US bans China-based TikTok app on all federal government devices”, in The Guardian:
    • Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top.
  3. (of water) Originating in the atmosphere.
  4. Influenced by the weather.
    • a meteoric flower
    • On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 299:
    • It was summer at the south pole. The ice cap was melting and those meteoric phenomena, clouds, unknown upon the greater part of Barsoom, were shutting out the light of heaven from this portion of the planet. 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter XIII, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC:

Forms

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most meteoric Degree=Sup lexicographic
more meteoric Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

meteoric iron · unmeteoric · meteoric water · meteorically · nonmeteoric

Relateds

meteorology · meteoroid · meteor · meteoroidal · meteoritic · meteoritics · meteorite · meteorological

Translations (7)

sv meteorisk (pertaining to a meteor) · fr météorique (pertaining to a meteor) · it meteorico (pertaining to a meteor) · ro meteoric (pertaining to a meteor) · nl meteorisch (pertaining to a meteor) · ca meteòric (pertaining to a meteor) · el μετεωρικός (pertaining to a meteor)