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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Viatic

Viatic \Vi*at"ic\, a. [L. viaticus, fr. via a way. See Voyage.] Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
viatic

1650s, from Latin viaticus "of or pertaining to a journey," from via "way" (see via) + -al (1). Related: Viatical (1782).

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viatic

a. Of or pertaining to traveling or a journey.

Usage examples of "viatic".

We climbed long grades and rolled downhill again, and heeded speed limits, and spared slow children, and reproduced in sweeping terms the black wiggles of curves on their yellow shields, and no matter how and where we drove, the enchanted interspace slid on intact, mathematical, mirage-like, the viatic counterpart of a magic carpet.