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sick
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?k, IPA(key): /s?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
- Homophones: sic, Sikh
Etymology 1
From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English s?oc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz (compare West Frisian siik, Dutch ziek, German siech, Norwegian Bokmål syk, Norwegian Nynorsk sjuk), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”); compare Middle Irish socht (“silence, depression”), Old Armenian ???????? (hiwcanim, “I am weakening”).
Adjective
sick (comparative sicker, superlative sickest)
- (more common in the US) In poor health; ill.
- Synonyms: ill, not well, poorly, sickly, unwell
- Antonyms: fit, healthy, well
- Having an urge to vomit.
- Synonym: nauseated
- 1913, The Texas criminal reports, page 8:
- In the meantime the old man had gotten up and gone out in the yard and began to vomit. Henry said I believe I feel sick and got up and went out. He went out one door and his father went out the other one. I did not think there was anything wrong with the coffee and I asked my wife to pour this out […]
- 1918, Cecil Day Lewis, The Whispering Roots, Jonathan Cape, page 140:
- Q. Didn't he complain he was sick before he commenced to vomit?
- A. He did, just before he said, to me, “I feel sick,” I asked him if he wanted to throw up and he said yes.
- 1958, Gene D'Olive, Chiara, Signet Book
- […] trying hard to cry. Crying's good. Crying teaches him to breathe. But I wish he weren't crying from hunger. I feel dizzy. I sit down and feel a little sick. Maybe I'll vomit, too. No, I never vomit. I feel sick, but I won't vomit. I never vomit.
- 2013, Cheryl Rainfield, Stained, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (?ISBN), page 38:
- I feel sick, like I might vomit, and I'm more tired than I can ever remember feeling.
- (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
- Synonyms: disturbed, twisted, warped
- (colloquial) In bad taste.
- Tired of or annoyed by something.
- (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- Synonyms: rad, wicked
- Antonyms: crap, naff, uncool
- In poor condition.
- (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
Synonyms
- (in poor health): See also Thesaurus:diseased
- (having an urge to vomit): See also Thesaurus:nauseated
- (slang: excellent): See also Thesaurus:excellent
Derived terms
Descendants
- ?? Navajo: sxih
Translations
Noun
sick (uncountable)
- (Britain, Australia, colloquial) Vomit.
- (Britain, colloquial) (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated
Synonyms
- (vomit): See Thesaurus:vomit
Translations
Verb
sick (third-person singular simple present sicks, present participle sicking, simple past and past participle sicked)
- (colloquial) To vomit.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To fall sick; to sicken.
- circa 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, part 2:
- Our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.
- circa 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, part 2:
Etymology 2
Variant of sic, itself an alteration of seek.
Verb
sick (third-person singular simple present sicks, present participle sicking, simple past and past participle sicked)
- (rare) Alternative spelling of sic
- 1920, James Oliver Curwood, "Back to God's Country"
- "Wapi," she almost screamed, "go back! Sick 'em, Wapi—sick 'em—sick 'em—sick 'em!"
- 1938, Eugene Gay-Tifft, translator, The Saga of Frank Dover by Johannes Buchholtz, 2005 Kessinger Publishing edition, ?ISBN, page 125,
- When we were at work swabbing the deck, necessarily barelegged, Pelle would sick the dog on us; and it was an endless source of pleasure to him when the dog succeeded in fastening its teeth in our legs and making the blood run down our ankles.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 154,
- "...is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."
- 2001 (publication date), Anna Heilman, Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman, University of Calgary Press, ?ISBN, page 82,
- Now they find a new entertainment: they sick the dog on us.
- 1920, James Oliver Curwood, "Back to God's Country"
Anagrams
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aberrant
English
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + err? (“to wander”). See aberr.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
Adjective
aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
- Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]
- (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Synonyms
- (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
- (deviating from the natural type):
Antonyms
- (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
- (deviating from the natural type): continuous
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
aberrant (plural aberrants)
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
Synonyms
- (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- (thing deviating from the natural type):
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.b??rant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.b??ran/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.be?rant/
Adjective
aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)
- aberrant
- (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)
Related terms
- aberració
- aberrància
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b?.???/
Adjective
aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)
- aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
- (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules
Related terms
- aberrer
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)
- aberrant
Declension
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [ä?b?r?än?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [??b?r??n?t?]
Verb
aberrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of aberr?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberr? (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from err? (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erz?? (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers-eh?-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.
The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab??rant/
- Rhymes: -ant
- Hyphenation: ab?err?ant
Adjective
aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)
- (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Noun
aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)
- (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)
References
- “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon
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