Etymology

From amphetamine +‎ -icCategory:English terms suffixed with -ic#AMPHETAMINIC.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnɪkCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪnɪk#AMPHETAMINICCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪnɪk/5 syllables#AMPHETAMINIC

Adjective

amphetaminic (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#AMPHETAMINICCategory:English adjectives#AMPHETAMINICCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#AMPHETAMINICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMPHETAMINICCategory:Pages with entries#AMPHETAMINICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#AMPHETAMINIC

1. Relating to, or containing an amphetamine
2. As if fueled by amphetamines; frenetic, feverish, juiced up
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, “Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise”, in Harpers Magazine‎:

     One way to "triumph" is via the rigors of self-improvement (diet, exercise, cosmetic surgery, Franklin Quest time-management seminars), to which the crew's amphetaminic upkeep of the Nadir is an unsubtle analogue.

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Noun

amphetaminic (plural amphetaminics)Category:English lemmas#AMPHETAMINICCategory:English nouns#AMPHETAMINICCategory:English countable nouns#AMPHETAMINICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMPHETAMINICCategory:Pages with entries#AMPHETAMINICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#AMPHETAMINIC

1. An amphetamine or chemically related substance