nordic
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- adjective
- /ˈnɔrdɪk/
:
nórdico
- Her hair was a Nordic white-blonde, an avalanche lit by moonlight.
- Nordic corporeality
- Nordic race
And Bill Tull looked like a Nordic God.
- And Bill Tull looked like a Nordic God.
- Well, supposedly these are very, very tall, very Anglo looking, kind of Nordic aliens.
- They use what look a little bit like Nordic runes on the album artwork.
- Let me climb onto your comb, your Nordic sled of embered, untethered hum.
- And, you know, Chris is, you know, he's got that Nordic blood, but that cold water, you know, unlike, unlike Antonio, I mean, Chris is very lean.
Examples
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Stacy had the healthy, ash-blond good looks of a poster girl for women's Nordic sports: tall, broad-shouldered, flat-muscled, with a square jaw and high cheekbones.
Fiction book (2000) -
I have never in my life seen such marvelous Nordic figures.
Academic text (1994) -
And Bill Tull looked like a Nordic God.
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Some of the images and palette have an almost Nordic feel to them, I think.
Blog text (7) -
Randian heroes are classic Nordic character types in both appearance and behavior.
Blog text (34) -
Nan had been the typical Nordic beauty with her pink and white skin, vivid blue eyes, and hair the color of daffodils.
Fiction book (1991) -
Kerri-Anne Kendall stood six feet tall with a torrent of blonde hair, Nordic features, and ice-blue eyes that reflected both a fierce intellect and an easygoing disposition.
Fiction book (1996) -
With his striking blue eyes and tall stature, he truly embodies the classic Nordic look.
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Her Nordic heritage is reflected in her fair skin and blonde hair.
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The festival featured traditional Nordic music and food, bringing a taste of Scandinavia to the city.
Surface Forms
Morphology
nordic = north (transparent) = nord + ic
Formed from the combining form 'nord-' plus the adjectival suffix '-ic', meaning 'relating to the north', which learners who know 'north' can infer.
Etymology
The word nordic comes from the root nord-, which means 'north', and it was used for the lands and people far to the north of Europe, like Norway and Sweden. That's why nordic today describes people, appearance, or styles that come from those northern countries.