First Known Use: 14th century
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styptic
adjective styp·tic \ˈstip-tik\
Definition of STYPTIC
: tending to contract or bind : astringent; especially : tending to check bleeding
— styptic noun
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Origin of STYPTIC
Middle English stiptik, from Anglo-French, from Latin stypticus, from Greek styptikos, from styphein to contract
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