sadic

English

Alternative forms

• Sadic

Etymology

From the Marquis de Sade +‎ -ic, probably after French sadique.

Adjective

sadic (comparative more sadic, superlative most sadic)

1. Sadistic.
   • 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 349:

     Nothing but the infernal cruelty of their interview of the morning could have forced him to make a proposal of illicit intercourse to a young lady to whom hitherto he had spoken not even one word of affection. It was an effect of a Sadic kind.

Anagrams

• ASDIC, acids, ascid, cadis, caids

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sadique.

Adjective

sadic m or n (feminine singular sadică, masculine plural sadici, feminine and neuter plural sadice)

1. sadistic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	sadic		sadică		sadici	sadice
	definite	sadicul		sadica		sadicii	sadicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	sadic		sadice		sadici	sadice
	definite	sadicului		sadicei		sadicilor	sadicelor