different between sicer vs sicker

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin s?cera.

Noun

sicer

1. Alternative form of ciser

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Etymology 2

From Old English sicor.

Adjective

sicer

1. Alternative form of siker

Adverb

sicer

1. Alternative form of siker

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?k?/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English siker, sikker, sykkere, secre, seccre, from Old English s?ocra (“sicker”), equivalent to sick +? -er.

Adjective

sicker

1. comparative form of sick: more sick.

Etymology 2

From Middle English siker, from Old English sicer, sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), from Latin s?c?rus (“secure”, literally “without care”). Doublet of sure and secure.

Alternative forms

• siker, siccer, siccar

Adjective

sicker

1. (obsolete outside dialects) Certain.

2. (obsolete outside dialects) Secure, safe.

Adverb

sicker

1. (obsolete outside dialects) Certainly.
2. (obsolete outside dialects) Securely.

Derived terms

• sickerly
• sickerhood
• sickerness

Etymology 3

From Middle English *sikeren (attested only as sikeriez (“(it) trickles, (it) leaks, (it) oozes”)), from Old English sicerian (“to ooze, seep”), from Proto-Germanic *sikr?n? (“to trickle”), from Proto-Germanic *s?k? (“slow running water”). Akin to sitch.

Alternative forms

• sigger, zigger

Verb

sicker (third-person singular simple present sickers, present participle sickering, simple past and past participle sickered)

1. (mining, Britain, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

References

• sicker at OneLook Dictionary Search
• sicker in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Reicks, Rickes, Riecks, crikes, ickers, scrike

German

Pronunciation

Verb

sicker

1. inflection of sickern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Middle English

Adjective

sicker

1. Alternative form of siker

Adverb

sicker

1. Alternative form of siker