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Dec. 15, 2014

thalassic \thuh-LAS-ik\ adjective 1. of or pertaining to seas and oceans. 2. of or pertaining to smaller bodies of water, as seas and gulfs, as distinguished from large oceanic bodies. Quotes He shook his head; and I, recalling the crimson chamber in his castle, speculated upon his living arrangements in thalassic caverns I could scarcely conceive. -- Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun, 1987 Origin Thalassic came to English in the mid-1800s from the Greek thálassa meaning "sea."

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