deictic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: relating to ... word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic pronouns" n 1: a word specifying identity or spatial or ... s shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit [syn: deictic, deictic word] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Greek deiktikos able to ... out directly < the words this, that, and those have a deictic function > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. Philol. & Gram. --adj. pointing, demonstrative. --n. a deictic word. Etymology: Gk deiktikos f. deiktos capable of proof ...