sicadj.

Brit.

/sɪk/, U.S.

/sɪk/, Scottish English

/sɪk/

Forms: α. (Chiefly Scottish) Middle English– sic (1500s syc), Middle English–1800s sick, Middle English–1600s, 1800s sik (Middle English syk). β. (Chiefly northern) Middle English–1600s syke (1500s sayk, 1600s syik), Middle English– sike.

Etymology: Reduced form of swik, swilk: see such adj. and pron. The form sike may have arisen under the influence of slike adj. The examples from early texts are probably due to the 15th century scribes.

Scottish and northern.

= such adj. and pron.

a. In ordinary attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > such

suchkinc1275

semblablec1386

slikec1386

slikinsa1400

swilkina1400

sicc1400

swilk-likec1400

suchlike1422

sic-like1442

such a like1474

siccan1513

those1608

α.

1424 Sc. Acts, Jas. I (1814) II. 6/1 At þai þat sik treis pertenys to [etc.].

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 180 Sloppis..left he..of sic quantite, That fyffe hundir mycht sammyn ryde.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 93 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 With sic courtassy as he couth on kneis he fell.

1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Pretendand the to wryte sic skaldit skrowis.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 5 The beimes of the Sone..in sik brichtnes.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 6 In his court..there is sick vprightnes.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 469 Together with sick witnesses as best knows the verity of the premisses.

1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 6 That store which Heav'n In sic abundance to their hands has giv'n.

1796 A. Wilson Loss o' Pack 3 Sic cheeks! sic een! Sic smiling looks! were never, never seen.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 30 At sic change ye'll grow clean wud.

β. c1400 26 Pol. Poems 125 Whether thy dayes, lord, be syke As mennys dayes, that dwellen here?1480 in J. R. Boyle & F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Merchant Adventurers Newcastle (1895) I. 3 Wppon payn of syke fin as shalbe thought reasonable.c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 166 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 260 Sike lufe til hyre had Ihesu swet.1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 211 Sike fancies weren foolerie.1589 G. Peele Eglogue Gratulatorie 31 Sike verse, I tell thee, ought have a great vaunt.1604 Urie Court-bk. (1892) 4 Fewaill..syik as petteis, turris, or haidder.1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 82 Is it Love, a God's Name, or some sike giddy thing that girds you?1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Sike, such.1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 154 Sike.., such, similar. ‘Sike and sike like’,..all are alike in the matter.

b. Used with numerals in comparisons, as by sic seven, seven times (more, better, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > rather more than > much more

by sic seven1488

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 388 I meyn fer mar the tynsell off my men Na for my selff, mycht I suffir sic ten.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 248 In haly legendis haif I hard..Ma sanctis of bischoppis nor freiris be sic sevin.

1574 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlii. 347 Quhais number..Is greiter..ȝea, be sic thre.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 45 I beleue to haue ane better..be sic thre Nor is the auld.

2. Followed by a (or †ane).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > such > such a

sica1400

this-like1880

α.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 77 Thir twa..Quhilk succeid to sic a hycht.

1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 34 Think on, thairfoir, quhill ȝe haue sic ane cryme.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 67 I wait na worthie harberie..to serue sic ane man.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 65 The king commandes thame..to be present at sik a day.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 133 To answere to sic ane man, anent sic ane thing, or in sic ane cause, or to sic ane Breive.

a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 8 I think my doghter winna gloom On sick a lad as ye.

1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xi, in Poems 14 Buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, Are bred in sic a way as this is.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 100 I cannot enter into ony carnal transactions on sick a day.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 119 De'il tak me if they mak sic a goose o' Cuddie.

β. a1400–50 Alexander 1968 With syke a soume for to seke a sawt vs to ȝelde.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Di Herde ye euer syke another.1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 21 It would make a man mad to heare this fable-teller make syke a declaration.1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 64 Sike a thing, such a thing.1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 101 Do you remember how you put out sike a sweet Saint of mine?a1718 T. Parnell Fairy Tale 118 Was never wight in sike a case.

3. absol. Such person(s) or thing(s).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > such persons or things

sica1400

sic-like?a1513

suchlike1676

a1400–50 Alexander 4272 Sike as growis on þe gronde..þat we fede vs with in-fere.

c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian 14 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 272 For-þi folk mony fundine ware, þat for to sla sik wald nocht spare.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 353 Perchance ȝe say that Bruce he was none sik.

1561 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 15 Sen we reid nane callit be God onlie, except sick as schew thair power geuin to thaim be Him.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 125 Bot sic as..willinglie sinnes agane, thay sinne aganis Christ.

a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1729) 17 I hae na meikle, But sick's I hae ye's get a Pickle.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Sicker ‘What sort of fouk are the rest of them?’..‘They're just sic and sicklike.’

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Sike an Sike-like were there.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sicadv.n.

Etymology: < Latin sīc so, thus.

A parenthetical insertion used in printing quotations or reported utterances to call attention to something anomalous or erroneous in the original, or to guard against the supposition of misquotation. Also as n., an instance of ‘sic’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adverb] > indication of authenticity

sic1887

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > directions against emendation

stet1755

sic1887

1887 H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader Pref. A prefixed star calls attention to an erroneous or anomalous form, being thus equivalent to ‘sic’.

1910 N.E.D. at Sic v. To mark with a ‘sic’.

1937 Scrutiny Sept. 131 As for what Miss Lynch calls ‘his really serious affair with Harriet’ (I feel this deserves a sic), it is purely theatrical.

1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death ii. 27 I do not like repeated use of sic... The reader who is fastidious about usage will hereafter have to supply his own sics.

1973 E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) xiv. 224 He called the librarian..and asked him to check... Hence the ‘sic’.

Derivatives

sic v. to mark with a ‘sic’.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > mark with 'sic'

sic1889

1889 E. B. Bax Ethics Socialism (1902) 94 The modern reviewer's taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	sic
释义	sicadj. Brit. /sɪk/, U.S. /sɪk/, Scottish English /sɪk/ Forms: α. (Chiefly Scottish) Middle English– sic (1500s syc), Middle English–1800s sick, Middle English–1600s, 1800s sik (Middle English syk). β. (Chiefly northern) Middle English–1600s syke (1500s sayk, 1600s syik), Middle English– sike. Etymology: Reduced form of swik, swilk: see such adj. and pron. The form sike may have arisen under the influence of slike adj. The examples from early texts are probably due to the 15th century scribes. Scottish and northern. = such adj. and pron. 1. a. In ordinary attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > such suchkinc1275 semblablec1386 slikec1386 slikinsa1400 swilkina1400 sicc1400 swilk-likec1400 suchlike1422 sic-like1442 such a like1474 siccan1513 those1608 α. 1424 Sc. Acts, Jas. I (1814) II. 6/1 At þai þat sik treis pertenys to [etc.]. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 180 Sloppis..left he..of sic quantite, That fyffe hundir mycht sammyn ryde. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 93 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 With sic courtassy as he couth on kneis he fell. 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Pretendand the to wryte sic skaldit skrowis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 5 The beimes of the Sone..in sik brichtnes. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 6 In his court..there is sick vprightnes. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 469 Together with sick witnesses as best knows the verity of the premisses. 1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 6 That store which Heav'n In sic abundance to their hands has giv'n. 1796 A. Wilson Loss o' Pack 3 Sic cheeks! sic een! Sic smiling looks! were never, never seen. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 30 At sic change ye'll grow clean wud. β. c1400 26 Pol. Poems 125 Whether thy dayes, lord, be syke As mennys dayes, that dwellen here?1480 in J. R. Boyle & F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Merchant Adventurers Newcastle (1895) I. 3 Wppon payn of syke fin as shalbe thought reasonable.c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 166 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 260 Sike lufe til hyre had Ihesu swet.1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 211 Sike fancies weren foolerie.1589 G. Peele Eglogue Gratulatorie 31 Sike verse, I tell thee, ought have a great vaunt.1604 Urie Court-bk. (1892) 4 Fewaill..syik as petteis, turris, or haidder.1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 82 Is it Love, a God's Name, or some sike giddy thing that girds you?1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Sike, such.1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 154 Sike.., such, similar. ‘Sike and sike like’,..all are alike in the matter. b. Used with numerals in comparisons, as by sic seven, seven times (more, better, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > rather more than > much more by sic seven1488 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 388 I meyn fer mar the tynsell off my men Na for my selff, mycht I suffir sic ten. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 248 In haly legendis haif I hard..Ma sanctis of bischoppis nor freiris be sic sevin. 1574 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlii. 347 Quhais number..Is greiter..ȝea, be sic thre. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 45 I beleue to haue ane better..be sic thre Nor is the auld. 2. Followed by a (or †ane). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > such > such a sica1400 this-like1880 α. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 77 Thir twa..Quhilk succeid to sic a hycht. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 34 Think on, thairfoir, quhill ȝe haue sic ane cryme. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 67 I wait na worthie harberie..to serue sic ane man. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 65 The king commandes thame..to be present at sik a day. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 133 To answere to sic ane man, anent sic ane thing, or in sic ane cause, or to sic ane Breive. a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 8 I think my doghter winna gloom On sick a lad as ye. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xi, in Poems 14 Buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, Are bred in sic a way as this is. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 100 I cannot enter into ony carnal transactions on sick a day. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 119 De'il tak me if they mak sic a goose o' Cuddie. β. a1400–50 Alexander 1968 With syke a soume for to seke a sawt vs to ȝelde.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Di Herde ye euer syke another.1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 21 It would make a man mad to heare this fable-teller make syke a declaration.1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 64 Sike a thing, such a thing.1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 101 Do you remember how you put out sike a sweet Saint of mine?a1718 T. Parnell Fairy Tale 118 Was never wight in sike a case. 3. absol. Such person(s) or thing(s). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > such persons or things sica1400 sic-like?a1513 suchlike1676 a1400–50 Alexander 4272 Sike as growis on þe gronde..þat we fede vs with in-fere. c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian 14 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 272 For-þi folk mony fundine ware, þat for to sla sik wald nocht spare. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 353 Perchance ȝe say that Bruce he was none sik. 1561 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 15 Sen we reid nane callit be God onlie, except sick as schew thair power geuin to thaim be Him. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 125 Bot sic as..willinglie sinnes agane, thay sinne aganis Christ. a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1729) 17 I hae na meikle, But sick's I hae ye's get a Pickle. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Sicker ‘What sort of fouk are the rest of them?’..‘They're just sic and sicklike.’ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Sike an Sike-like were there.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sicadv.n. Etymology: < Latin sīc so, thus. A parenthetical insertion used in printing quotations or reported utterances to call attention to something anomalous or erroneous in the original, or to guard against the supposition of misquotation. Also as n., an instance of ‘sic’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adverb] > indication of authenticity sic1887 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > directions against emendation stet1755 sic1887 1887 H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader Pref. A prefixed star calls attention to an erroneous or anomalous form, being thus equivalent to ‘sic’. 1910 N.E.D. at Sic v. To mark with a ‘sic’. 1937 Scrutiny Sept. 131 As for what Miss Lynch calls ‘his really serious affair with Harriet’ (I feel this deserves a sic), it is purely theatrical. 1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death ii. 27 I do not like repeated use of sic... The reader who is fastidious about usage will hereafter have to supply his own sics. 1973 E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) xiv. 224 He called the librarian..and asked him to check... Hence the ‘sic’. Derivatives sic v. to mark with a ‘sic’.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > mark with 'sic' sic1889 1889 E. B. Bax Ethics Socialism (1902) 94 The modern reviewer's taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.a1400adv.n.1887
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