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allergic

/əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
al-ler-gic
IPA
/əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to allergy.

adj

Having an allergy.

adj

Highly averse.

Humorous

noun

A person who has an allergy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *ál͏̌l͏̌os Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) German Allergiebor. English allergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allergic From allergy + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/
  • British English: /əˈlɜː.dʒɪk/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

more allergic (comparative) most allergic (superlative) allergics (plural)

Derived Forms

aeroallergic antiallergic autoallergic gastroallergic hyperallergic hypoallergic immunoallergic nonallergic photoallergic polyallergic proallergic pseudoallergic

Phrases

allergic response allergic rhinitis allergic salute are you allergic to any medications I'm allergic to aspirin I'm allergic to nuts I'm allergic to penicillin I'm allergic to pollen

Frequently Paired Words

allergen allergically allergy

Synonyms

hypersensitive hypersensitized hypersensitised sensitized sensitised supersensitive supersensitized supersensitised

Rhymes With

cholinergic metallurgic theurgic demiurgic liturgic

Questions

How do you pronounce allergic?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/.
What does allergic mean?
Of or pertaining to allergy.
Where does allergic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *ál͏̌l͏̌os Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) German Allergiebor. English allergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allergic From allergy + -ic.

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