COMETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cometic mean? 

• COMETIC (adjective)
  The adjective COMETIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling a comet

  Familiarity information: COMETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling a comet

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cometary; cometic

Pertainym:

comet ((astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit)

Derivation:

comet ((astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit)