septic

== English == === Pronunciation === (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsep.tɪ̝k/, [ˈsep.tʰɪ̝k] (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛp.tɪk/, [ˈsɛp.tʰɪk] Hyphenation: sep‧tic === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “characterized by putridity”), from σηπτός (sēptós), from σήπω (sḗpō). ==== Alternative forms ==== septick (obsolete) ==== Adjective ==== septic (comparative more septic, superlative most septic) Of or pertaining to sepsis. Causing sepsis or putrefaction. Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== septic (plural septics) A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction. 1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86, But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature. (medicine, dated) A person who has sepsis. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (septic tank, septic system): ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “septic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “septic”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “septic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 2 === From Latin septem (“seven”) +‎ -ic. ==== Noun ==== septic (plural septics) (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven. ==== Adjective ==== septic (not comparable) (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order. === Etymology 3 === Short form of Cockney rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Septic ==== Noun ==== septic (plural septics) (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, ethnic slur) An American, a Yank. 1998 April 21, Justin Downey, “Re: rachel is awful cute!”, alt.nuke.the.USA, aus.flame.usa, and alt.flame: Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French septique. === Adjective === septic m or n (feminine singular septică, masculine plural septici, feminine/neuter plural septice) septic ==== Declension ====