Gathic

[ gah-tik ]

noun

1. an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written. Compare Avestan.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or expressed in this language.
2. of or relating to the Gathas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gathic¹

Gath(a) + -ic

Example Sentences

Ha, ha, ha,—he is pasitively a very eccentric bady, and there is a small tincture of a barbarous sart of wit in what he says; but it wants an immensity of correction, an infinitude of polishing; he is a mere son of nature, everything he says is express'd in such a Gathic, uncouth, Anti-Chesterfieldian style; and as for his dress, it is pasitively most prepasterously clownish and original.

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