ethic

• ethick (obsolete)

From Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛθɪk/

ethic (comparative more ethic, superlative most ethic)

1. Moral, relating to morals.

ethic (plural ethics)

1. A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

   I think the golden rule is a great ethic.

2. The morality of an action. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• ethical
• ethics
• ethos

• ethic dative

• ethic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ethic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ethic at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Citeh, etchi, theic