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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
arctic
 
SYLLABICATION:arc·tic
PRONUNCIATION:  ärktk, ärtk
ADJECTIVE: Extremely cold; frigid. See synonyms at cold.
NOUN: A warm waterproof overshoe.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration (influenced by Latin arcticus) of Middle English artic, northern, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos, bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major. See tko- in Appendix I.
 
 
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