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Sinitic
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Si·nit·ic

adjective \sī-ˈni-tik, sə-\

Definition of SINITIC

: of or relating to the Chinese, their language, or their culture

Origin of SINITIC

Late Latin Sinae, plural, Chinese + English -itic (as in Semitic) — more at sino-
First Known Use: circa 1895

Rhymes with SINITIC

arthritic, bauxitic, bronchitic, calcitic, chloritic, Cushitic, dendritic, enclitic, form critic, granitic, graphitic, Hamitic, jaditic, lignitic, mephitic, nephritic, New Critic, pleuritic, proclitic, pruritic, pyritic, rachitic, Sanskritic, Semitic, Shemitic, stylitic, sulfitic

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