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English
Etymology
From the Marquis de Sade + -ic, probably after French sadique.
Adjective
sadic (comparative more sadic, superlative most sadic)
- Sadistic.
1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 349:Nothing but the infernal cruelty of their interview of the morning could have forced him to make a proposal of illicit intercourse to a young lady to whom hitherto he had spoken not even one word of affection. It was an effect of a Sadic kind.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sadique.
Adjective
sadic m or n (feminine singular sadică, masculine plural sadici, feminine and neuter plural sadice)
- sadistic
Declension