Lettic, a. (n.)
(ˈlɛtɪk)
[f. Lett + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or related to the Letts; = Lettish. Also, in wider sense, applied to the group of languages (by some philologists called Baltic) comprising Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, and to the group of peoples speaking these languages. Also absol. as n., the Lettic or Lettish language.
| 1872 R. Morris Eng. Accidence i. 8 The Lettic Languages. (1) Old Prussian.. (2) Lettish or Livonian..(3) Lithuanian. 1880 Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) VIII. 835 The Lettic race proper still in Courland, in Livonia. 1881 Freeman Hist. Geog. Eur. I. xi. 466 note, A common name for these closely allied nations is sometimes needed. Lettic is the most convenient. |