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Antarctic

//ænˈtɑːktɪk// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Antarctic. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.

    "We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers."

  3. 3
    Opposite, contradictory. figuratively, obsolete
  4. 4
    Southern. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    at or near the south pole wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.

Etymology 2

From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.

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