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tic

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[tik]

noun

  1. Pathology.

    1. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.

    2. tic douloureux.

  2. a persistent or recurrent behavioral trait; personal quirk.

    her distinctive verbal tics.



-tic

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  1. a suffix, equivalent in meaning to -ic, occurring in adjectives of Greek origin (analytic ), used especially in the formation of adjectives from nouns with stems in -sis: hematotic; neurotic.

tic

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. spasmodic twitching of a particular group of muscles

  2. See tic douloureux

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tic1

First recorded in 1790–1800; from French (of expressive origin)

Origin of tic2

< Greek -tikos, extracted from adjectives derived with -ikos -ic from agent nouns ending in -ŧ; hieratic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tic1

C19: from French, of uncertain origin; compare Italian ticche
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Jessica was still living and working in the same area as her mum brought her anxiety and she lived with a tic, which a doctor told her had been triggered by trauma.

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Sometimes, my tics would be unshakeable right up until the moment they said, 'On your marks'.

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Chris used to have a grim, distinctive tic of executing his enemies in the head; now, the climactic battle is just a spray of bullets.

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One aggravating visual tic is that most of the male characters are photocopies of each other, a stack of handsome men with sandy brown goatees.

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At that point, Mike Myers bursts into the Oval Office as a ball of weird tics meant to represent Musk.

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