Definitions
Excellent and enduring; also a typical example.
Word origin
From French classique, from Latin classic(us) (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis. By surface analysis, class + -ic. Piecewise doublet of classy.
Used in a sentence
“Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.”
“He has a classic case of narcissism.”
“The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Enduring example”7 letters
02“Well-known and lasting”7 letters
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