ictic, a. rare.
(ˈɪktɪk)
[irreg. f. L. ictus (u- stem: see ictus) + -ic.]
1. Of the nature of a blow or stroke; abrupt and sudden in its action.
| 1847 Bushnell Chr. Nurt. iv. (1861) 116 An abrupt, ictic grace. 1858 ― Serm. New Life 362 A naked, ictic force. |
2. Pros. Pertaining to or due to the ictus or metrical stress.
| 1898 E. W. Hopkins in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. XIX. 21 Dahlmann thinks it was an ictic conversion. |