Meaning

5 senses

  1. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.

  2. (dated)A person who has sepsis.

  3. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.

  4. A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.

  5. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, ethnic, slang, slur)An American, a Yank.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. He still hasn't fixed the septic tank.

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  2. He can probably fix the septic tank.

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  3. Yanni's wallet was found in the septic tank.

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  4. Jonas found the key in the septic tank.

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  5. We need to have the septic tank pumped.

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Origin

From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “characterized by putridity”), from σηπτός (sēptós)

From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “characterized by putridity”), from σηπτός (sēptós), from σήπω (sḗpō).

From Latin septem (“seven”) + -ic.

Short form of Cockney rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”).

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Forms

plural: septics
Singularseptic
Pluralseptics

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedseptic tank

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
separatismseparatistsepsissepulchresequelC1sequenceB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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