different between stiptic vs styptic

English

Adjective

stiptic (comparative more stiptic, superlative most stiptic)

1. Archaic form of styptic.

Noun

stiptic (plural stiptics)

1. Archaic form of styptic.

English

Alternative forms

• styptick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin stypticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (stuptikós), from ??????? (stúphein, “to contract”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pt?k/

Adjective

styptic (comparative more styptic, superlative most styptic)

1. Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 328:

     Boyles turns to look over his shoulder, squinting into the styptic sun, and then flags a hand over his head.

2. (medicine, by extension) That stops bleeding.
   • 1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta:

     The growth on top was a scrubby plant, unknown anywhere else on Malta, which was believed to have styptic qualities – it could staunch bleeding when packed on top of a wound […].

   • 1959, Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon:

     But I waited while he dabbed at the cut with styptic powder.

Noun

styptic (plural styptics)

1. A substance used for styptic results.
   • 1990, A. L. Tommie Bass et al., Herbal Medicine Past and Present

     Knowledge of puffball's use as a styptic and for hemorrhoids reached Bass through the popular tradition.

Derived terms

• hemostyptic
• styptic pencil