obstetrick

English

Adjective

obstetrick (not comparable)

Obsolete form of obstetric.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
  There all the learn'd shall at the labour stand, And Douglas lend his soft obstetrick hand.

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