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Nordic(dictionary)
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Nordic (iou)



Nordic adjective & noun. L19.
[French nordique, from nord north: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the countries of Scandinavia, Finland, and Iceland or their people or languages; spec. of or pertaining to a physical type of northern Germanic peoples characterized by tall stature, a bony frame, light colouring, and a dolichocephalic head. L19.
Aldous Huxley Hitlerian theology affirms that there is a Nordic race, inherently superior to all other. Sunday Express Most Icelanders are tall, blonde..with a very strong Nordic look.
2. Of skiing: involving cross-country work and jumping. M20.
B. noun.
1. A person of the Nordic type or from a Nordic country. E20.
H. Doolittle Winters are cold, summers are hot, so we have the temperaments of Nordics and southerners both.
2. The northern division of the Germanic languages; North Germanic. M20.
? In Nazi doctrine the 'Nordic race' was regarded as essentially superior to other races.
Nordicism noun the state or condition of being Nordic, the characteristics of the Nordics; the belief in or doctrine of the cultural and racial supremacy of the Nordic peoples: E20.
Nordicist noun a person believing in the supremacy of the Nordic peoples M20.