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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)

  1. Evil or mischievous by nature.
    Synonyms: evil, immoral, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, twisted, villainous; see also Thesaurus:evil
  2. (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)

  1. (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

  1. simple past tense and past participle of wick

Adjective

wicked (not comparable)

  1. Having a wick.
Derived terms
  • multiwicked

Etymology 3

See wick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?w?k?d/

Adjective

wicked

  1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Active; brisk.
  2. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
  3. Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.

References


Middle English

Adjective

wicked

  1. Alternative form of wikked

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pagan

English

Etymology

Recorded in English since about 1375. Borrowed from Latin p?g?nus (rural, rustic), later "civilian". The meaning "not (Judeo-)Christian" arose in Vulgar Latin, probably from the 4th century. It is unclear whether this usage is derived primarily from the "rustic" or from the "civilian" meaning, which in Roman army jargon meant 'clumsy'. As a self-designation of neopagans attested since 1990.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: p?'g?n, IPA(key): /?pe???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Adjective

pagan (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
    Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
  2. (by extension, derogatory) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

Usage notes

  • When referring to modern paganism, the term is now often capitalized, like other terms referring to religions.

Synonyms

  • (adhering to a non-main world religion): heathen
  • (uncivilized): barbarian, barbaric (pejorative)

Antonyms

  • (religion):

Hyponyms

  • pantheistic
  • neo-pagan

Derived terms

  • paganism
  • neopagan
  • paganly

Translations

Noun

pagan (plural pagans)

  1. A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
    This community has a surprising number of pagans.
  2. (by extension, derogatory) An uncivilized or unsocialized person.
  3. (by extension, derogatory) An unruly, badly educated child.

Synonyms

  • (heathen): paynim
  • (uncivilised): philistine, savage
  • (child): brat

Derived terms

  • neo-pagan

Related terms

  • peasant
  • paynim

Translations

See also

  • heretic
  • infidel

References

Anagrams

  • panga

Asturian

Verb

pagan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of pagar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa?gan

Verb

pagan

  1. to embroil; to draw into a situation; to cause to be involved
  2. to implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something
  3. to fall victim to a friendly fire
  4. (military) to fall victim as collateral damage
  5. to be hit by a stray bullet
  6. to get caught in a crossfire
  7. (games, of marbles) to hit the adjacent marble with the target marble

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pagan.


Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin paganus, through either Old East Slavic ?????? (pogan?) or directly from Latin, through the German crusaders. Cognate to Finnish pakana.

Noun

pagan (genitive pagana, partitive paganat)

  1. pagan, heathen
  2. a devil, an evil spirit

Declension

Derived terms

  • vanapagan

Interjection

pagan

  1. damn, darn, heck

Galician

Verb

pagan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of pagar

Old High German

Verb

p?gan

  1. (Bavaria) Alternative form of b?gan

Spanish

Verb

pagan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of pagar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of pagar.

Volapük

Etymology

From pag (paganism) +? -an.

Noun

pagan (nominative plural pagans)

  1. (Volapük Nulik) pagan, gentile

Declension

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