wikke

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === wieke, wik === Etymology === From Middle Dutch wicke, from Old Dutch *wikka, from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, from Latin vicia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɪ.kə/ Hyphenation: wik‧ke Rhymes: -ɪkə === Noun === wikke f (plural wikkes or wikken, no diminutive) vetch, leguminous plant of the genus Vicia ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === wikke on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Middle English == === Alternative forms === wicke, wike, wick, wik, wyk, wykke, wycke, wyke, wikked === Etymology === Perhaps from an adjectival use of Old English wicca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwik(ə)/ === Adjective === wikke (comparative wicker) evil, morally wrong, wicked late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3483-3486: sinful, depraved malicious, destructive harmful, damaging rowdy, fierce, fear-inducing harmful, injurious challenging, difficult bad, of poor quality deprived, miserly late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 118-119: ==== Descendants ==== English: wicke (obsolete) Scots: wick ==== References ==== “wik(ke, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018. === Noun === wikke evil, badness challenge, hardness ==== References ==== “wik(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018. === Adverb === wikke wickedly, evilly mightily ==== References ==== “wik(ke, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018.