different between icy vs ick

English

Alternative forms

• icey (rare)
• ycie (obsolete)

Etymology

ice +? -y; cf. Old English ?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?si/

Adjective

icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)

1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
2. Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
3. Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
   • 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride

     Gone was the gleam of desire, and the teasingly provocative remarks, and Alexa realised the truth in the saying that indifference was death. His demeanour was haughty and icy towards her.

4. (US, slang) To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.

Related terms

• icily
• iciness

Translations

References

• icy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• icy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• CyI

Middle French

Adverb

icy

1. here

Descendants

• French: ici

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Interjection

ick

1. An exclamation of disgust

   Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!

Synonyms

• ew
• ugh
• yuck

Related terms

• icky

Etymology 2

Back-formation from icky.

Noun

ick (uncountable)

1. (informal) Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch.
   • 2015, Chris Lynch, Killing Time in Crystal City (page 182)

     Did you get ick all over my things? Should I walk myself through a car wash on the way home?

Adjective

ick

1. (informal) icky; distasteful or unpleasant.

Etymology 3

Noun

ick (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ich (fish disease)

Anagrams

• CKI

German

Alternative forms

• ik
• icke (disjunctive)

Etymology

From Low German ick/ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *é?h?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k/

Pronoun

ick (conjunctive)

1. (Berlin) I

Low German

Alternative forms

• ik
• ek, eck

• Ravensbergisch: eck, ek (used besides ick)
• Münsterländisch: -k (enclitic; used besides ick)

Etymology

From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *é?h?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k/

Pronoun

ick

1. I (first person singular pronoun)

   ick schreev di en Breef

   I wrote you a letter

   Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn

   I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)

Related terms

• mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)

Middle English

Pronoun

ick

1. Alternative form of I

North Frisian

Pronoun

ick

1. Alternative form of ik