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injurious
English
Etymology
From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin ini?ri?sus; analysable as injury +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?d??????s/, /?n?d??????s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?d???i.?s/, /?n?d??i.?s/
- Hyphenation: in?ju?ri?ous
Adjective
injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)
- Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
- Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
Synonyms
- scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also Thesaurus:harmful
- defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Thesaurus:defamatory
Derived terms
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- injuryos
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin ini?ri?sus; equivalent to injurie +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?d?iu??riu?s/, /in?d?iu?rius/
Adjective
injurious (rare, Late Middle English)
- (of speech) Rude, offensive, distasteful.
- Morally wrong or evil; potentially dangerous.
Descendants
- English: injurious
References
- “inj?ri?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.
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wicked
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wicked, wikked, an alteration of Middle English wicke, wikke (“morally perverse, evil, wicked”). Possibly from an adjectival use of Old English wi??a (“wizard, sorcerer”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“necromancer, sorcerer”), though the phonology makes this theory difficult to explain.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?k??d, IPA(key): /?w?k?d/
Adjective
wicked (comparative wickeder or more wicked, superlative wickedest or most wicked)
- Evil or mischievous by nature.
- Synonyms: evil, immoral, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, twisted, villainous; see also Thesaurus:evil
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Synonyms: awesome, bad, cool, dope, excellent, far out, groovy, hot, rad; see also Thesaurus:excellent
Usage notes
Use of "wicked" as an adjective rather than an adverb is considered an error in the Boston dialect. However, that is not necessarily the case in other New England dialects.
Derived terms
- wickedly
- wickedness
- wicked tongue
Translations
Adverb
wicked (not comparable)
- (slang, New England, Britain) Very, extremely.
- Synonyms: hella, helluv (both Californian/regional, and both potentially considered mildly vulgar)
Translations
Etymology 2
See wick.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?kt, IPA(key): /w?kt/
Verb
wicked
- simple past tense and past participle of wick
Adjective
wicked (not comparable)
- Having a wick.
Derived terms
- multiwicked
Etymology 3
See wick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?k?d/
Adjective
wicked
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Active; brisk.
- (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
References
Middle English
Adjective
wicked
- Alternative form of wikked
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