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Historic

//hɪˈstɒɹɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

    "A historic opportunity"

  2. 2
    Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.

    "Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic."

  3. 3
    Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.) uncommon

    "An high-pac'd Muse treading a lofty march, leades honor enchaind in an Epique pen, grac'd with the furtherance of historique Clio."

  4. 4
    Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.

    "The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect."

Adjective
  1. 1
    important in history wordnet
  2. 2
    belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A history, a non-fiction account of the past. obsolete

    "Before the beginnyng of this historic, I haue thought good by waie of a Proeme, to introduce the wordes of an excellent writer called Lodouicus Caelius Rhodoginus."

  2. 2
    A historian. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.

Etymology 2

From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.

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