Definitions for deictic
deictic
deic·tic
Spelling: [dahyk-tik]
IPA: /ˈdaɪk tɪk/
Deictic is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 76 anagrams from letters in deictic (ccdeiit).
Definitions for deictic
noun
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Grammar. a deictic element.
adjective
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Logic. proving directly.
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Grammar. specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of one or more of the participants in an act of speech or writing, in the context of either an external situation or the surrounding discourse, as we, you, here, there, now, then, this, that, the former, or the latter.
Origin of deictic
1820-30; Greek deiktikós demonstrative, equivalent to deikt(ós) able to be proved, verbal adjective of deiknýnai to show, prove, point + -ikos -ic