Historic Illustrations
Doozienoun
alternative spelling of doozy
Historicadjective
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
‘A historic opportunity’; ‘July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.’; ‘The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.’;
Historicadjective
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
Historicadjective
(now uncommon) lang=en: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
Historicadjective
(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
‘The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.’;
Historicnoun
(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
Historicnoun
(obsolete) A historian.
Historicadjective
Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.
‘There warriors frowning in historic brass.’;
Historicadjective
having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; - contrasted with legendary; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events.
Historicadjective
Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.
Historicadjective
Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of prehistoric.
Historicadjective
Same as diachronic.
Historicadjective
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past;
‘historic victories’; ‘historical (or historic) times’; ‘a historical character’;
Historicadjective
important in history;
‘the historic first voyage to outer space’;
Historicadjective
famous or important in history, or potentially so
‘the area's numerous historic sites’; ‘a historic occasion’;
Historicadjective
of or concerning history; of the past
‘eruptions in historic times’;
Historicadjective
(of a tense) used in the narration of past events, especially Latin and Greek imperfect and pluperfect.
