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Words with a similar base: parasitic, parasitical

'parasitic'

[parasitic.a.01] as in: relating to or caused by parasites

'parasitic'

[epenthetic.a.01] as in: of or pertaining to epenthesis

'parasitic'

[parasitic.s.01] as in: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

Examples:
a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses
parasitic vines that strangle the trees
bloodsucking blackmailer
his indolent leechlike existence

Origins

					parasitic (English)
├── -ic (English)
│   └── -ique (French)
│       └── -icus (Dutch)
└── parasite (English)
    └── parasitus (Latin)
        └── παράσιτος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))