sicker

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪkɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Hyphenation: sic‧ker === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English siker, sikker, sykkere, secre, seccre, from Old English sēocra (“sicker”), equivalent to sick +‎ -er. ==== Adjective ==== sicker comparative form of sick: more sick. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English siker, from Old English sicer, sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “without care”). Doublet of sure and secure. ==== Alternative forms ==== siker, siccer, siccar ==== Adjective ==== sicker (obsolete outside dialects) Certain. Secure, safe. ==== Adverb ==== sicker (obsolete outside dialects) Certainly. Securely. ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Middle English *sikeren (attested only as sikeriez (“(it) trickles, (it) leaks, (it) oozes”)), from Old English sicerian (“to ooze, seep”), from Proto-West Germanic *sikarōn, from Proto-Germanic *sikarōną (“to trickle”), from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow running water”). Cognate with German Low German sickern (“to seep”), German sickern (“to seep, trickle”). Akin also to English sitch. ==== Alternative forms ==== sigger, zigger ==== Verb ==== sicker (third-person singular simple present sickers, present participle sickering, simple past and past participle sickered) (intransitive, literal, figurative) To percolate, trickle, or seep; to ooze, as water through a crack. === References === “sicker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sicker”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “sicker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Reicks, Rickes, Riecks, crikes, ickers, scrike == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === sicker inflection of sickern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Middle English == === Adjective === sicker alternative form of siker === Adverb === sicker alternative form of siker