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English

Etymology

From Cantonese ?? (sai³ si¹, “fine silk”), variously explained as owing to the bullion's ability to be worked into fine strands or from the resemblance of its luster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???si?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?si?/, /sa??si?/

Noun

sycee (countable and uncountable, plural sycees)

1. (historical) Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
2. (uncountable) Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.

Synonyms

• yuanbao

References

• American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "sycee". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2011.
• Collins American English Dictionary. "sycee". Collins, 2016.
• Merriam-Webster Online. "sycee". 2015.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sycee, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
• Random House Dictionary. "sycee". 2016.

English

Noun

syce (plural syces)

1. Alternative spelling of sais.

Anagrams

• Sec'y, YECs, scye, sec'y

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (sukê).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sy?.ke?/, [?s?y?ke?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.t??e/, [?si?t???]

Noun

s?c? f (genitive s?c?s); first declension

1. A plant also called peplis
2. The resin of the tree called taeda
3. (medicine) A constantly running sore in the corner of the eye

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

References

• syce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• syce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• syce in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle English

Noun

syce

1. Alternative form of syse (“size, assize”)