| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | arc·tic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ärk t k, ärtk |
| ADJECTIVE: | Extremely cold; frigid. See synonyms at cold. | | NOUN: | A warm waterproof overshoe. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration (influenced by Latin arcticus) of Middle English artic, northern, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos, bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major. See  tko- in Appendix I.
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