different between treacherous vs swike

English

Etymology

From Old French trecheros, tricheros (“deceitful”). See treacher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??t????s/, /?t??t???s/

Adjective

treacherous (comparative more treacherous, superlative most treacherous)

1. Exhibiting treachery.
2. Deceitful; inclined to betray.
3. Unreliable; dangerous.

   a treacherous mountain trail

Antonyms

• (exhibiting treachery): loyal

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English swiken, from Old English sw?can (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *sw?kwan, from Proto-Germanic *sw?kwan?, *sw?kan? (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, blin, cease.

Related terms

• beswike

Adjective

swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous.

Noun

swike (plural swikes)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.

Anagrams

• Weiks, Wikes, kwise, wikes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien ????? (súi-ke, “frog”, literally “water; river + fowl; chicken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?swike]
• Hyphenation: swi?ké

Noun

swiké (first-person possessive swikeku, second-person possessive swikemu, third-person possessive swikenya)

1. (cooking) swikee, a frog leg cuisine.

Further reading

• “swike” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.