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Definition of Sicker
1. v. i. To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
2. a. Sure; certain; trusty.
3. adv. Surely; certainly.
Definition of Sicker
1. Adjective. (comparative of sick) ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete outside dialects) certain ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete outside dialects) secure ¹
4. Adverb. (obsolete outside dialects) certainly ¹
5. Adverb. (obsolete outside dialects) securely ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sicker
1. sick [adj] - See also: sick
Medical Definition of Sicker
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sicker
Literary usage of Sicker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Devon. SICK. In travail. North. SICK-FEATHERS. The young ungrown feathers at the
time of moulting. Devon. sicker. The same as Siker, ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"mak sicker ;» and rushing into the sanctuary, he found Comyn still alive, but
helpless and bleeding upon the steps of the high altar. ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"She was much sicker, although her stomach was less irritable. She complained a
good deal of headache during the day, and said she could not bear the light. ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"sicker, Siker, certain, secure. ME «ti. j *i*J siker. (L.) Borrowed from Late L.
secants, for L. securus, secure ; whence also O. Fries, siker, sikur, ..."
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