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optic

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"Eye-related"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒp.tɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted cioptStarts with OEnds with C1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. relating to or using sight

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
  • The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen.
  • how they, / Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all, / Could turn their optics to the text and pray, / Is more than I know[…]

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