Relating to or resembling gold in color, quality, or characteristics.
From 'gold' + adjective-forming suffix '-ic'. The suffix '-ic' is commonly used in English to create adjectives meaning 'of or relating to,' similar to words like 'basic' (from base) and 'tragic' (from tragedy).
The suffix '-ic' is one of the most productive word-building tools in English, which is why we have 'atomic,' 'historic,' 'majestic'—it's a linguistic power-up that transforms nouns into descriptive words.
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