Main Entry:

deic·tic

Pronunciation:

\ˈdīk-tik also ˈdāk-\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Greek deiktikos able to show, from deiktos, verbal of deiknynai to show — more at diction

Date:

1876

: showing or pointing out directly <the words this, that, and those have a deictic function>