Dictionary: SI – SIC

• SIALOQUENT
adj. spitting much in one’s speech …1656 obs.

• SIAMESE TWINS
n. fish balls …M19 US sl.

• SIAMESED
adj. in motor racing and repair: closely connected or joined together …1993 US sl.

• SI-ANTIGODLIN
adv. out of square, awry, askew …1913 Amer. dial.

• SIB
adj. related by blood or descent; akin …B825, now chiefly Sc. or arch.
n. 1. kinship, relationship … B825 rare
n. 2. peace, amity, concord …c825 obs.
n. 3. a kinsman or kinswoman …a1023
n. 4. a sibling …2000 UK sl.

• SIBBED
adj. akin …1674 Eng. dial.

• SIBBER-SAUCE
n. a sauce; a compound or concoction of this nature …1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• SIBBOLETH
vb. to speak with a special pronunciation …1638 rare

• SIBERIA
n. 1. a place of abandonment or being ignored or sent to Coventry …1930s US prison sl.
n. 2. Clinton prison, Dannemora, NY …1930s US prison sl.
n. 3. Sing Sing Penitentiary, New York …1930s US prison sl.
n. 4. the solitary confinement cells …1930s US prison sl.
n. 5. solitary confinement …1984 US sl.

• SIBILANT
adj. having a hissing sound; characterized by hissing …1669

• SIBILATE
vb. to hiss; to utter a hissing sound …1656

• SIBILATION
n. the act of hissing or whistling; a hissing or whistling sound …1626

• SIBILATOR
n. one who hisses or whistles …c1440 rare

• SIBILATORY
adj. marked or expressed by whistling …1830

• SIBILLATE
vb. to hiss; to utter a hissing sound …1656

• SIBILLATION
n. the act of hissing or whistling; a hissing or whistling sound …1626

• SIBILLATOR
n. one who hisses or whistles …c1440 rare

• SIBILLATORY
adj. marked or expressed by whistling …1830

• SIBILOUS
adj. hissing, sibilant …1768

• SIBMAN
n. a kinsman …a1300 obs.

• SIBNESS
n. 1. relationship; kinship …a1240, now only Sc.
n. 2. kinsfolk, relatives …a1290 obs.

• SIBRED
n. relationship, kinship …a1127 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• SIBS
n. kinsfolk, relatives …a1000 obs.

• SIBSOMENESS
n. peace, concord …a900 obs. rare

• SIBYL
n. a prophetess; a fortune-teller, a witch …1589

• SIBYLLINE
adj. 1. oracular, occult, mysterious …1817
adj. 2. excessive, exorbitant …1859

• SIC!
int. a call to animals at feeding time …1965 Amer. dial.

• SICARIAN
n. an assassin …a1400 rare

• SICARIOUS
adj. murderous …1811 rare

• SICCANEOUS
adj. dry, arid …1656 rare

• SICCATE
vb. to make dry …1570 obs. rare

• SICCATION
n. the act or process of drying …1612 obs.

• SICCATIVE
adj. having the property of absorbing moisture; drying …1547

• SICCED
adj. dry …1667 obs.

• SICCICATE
vb. to make dry …1639 obs. rare

• SICCIFIC
adj. having power to make dry …1656 obs.

• SICCIFICAL
adj. having power to make dry …1656 obs.

• SICCITUDE
n. dryness; absence of moisture …1599 obs.

• SICCITY
n. dryness; absence of moisture …1477 obs.

• SICE
n. 1. the number six marked upon dice; a throw in which the die turns up six …c1386
n. 2. sixpence ….1660 sl.
n. 3. in craps: the point and number six …1950 US sl.

• SICE-ACE
n. a throw with two dice turning up six and one …1592

• SICE CINQUE
n. a throw with two dice turning up six and five …c1386

• SICER
n. intoxicating liquor, strong drink …a1300 obs.

• SICES
n. in dice-playing: a throw of six …M19 sl.

• SICHE
n. a sigh …c1000 obs. rare
vb. to sigh …c893 obs.

• SICHET
n. a small watercourse …c1133 obs.

• SICILIAN PRICE
n. death, usually slow and painful, as punishment …1997 US sl.

• SICK
adj. 1. corrupt through sin or wrongdoing …c960 obs.
adj. 2. mentally affected or weak …c1340 rare
adj. 3. of fish, etc.: in the spawning stage …1728
adj. 4. in labour; confined to childbed; pregnant …1805 Amer. dial.
adj. 5. annoyed, worried, disgusted, often with undertones of jealousy …1853  sl.
adj. 6. of poor quality, unfashionable, unappealing, weak, bizarre …M19 US students’ sl.
adj. 7. in the stock exchange: slow, dull …1870
adj. 8. in card-playing: without trumps …c1870 Aust. sl
adj. 9. silly, stupid; extremely eccentric; mad …20C Aust. sl.
adj. 10. of a ship: in quarantine on suspicion of infectious disease …20C nautical colloq.
adj. 11. suffering the symptoms of withdrawal from a drug addiction …1938 US sl.
adj. 12. menstruating …1948 Amer. dial.
adj. 13. mentally ill or disturbed, psychopathic, esp. in a sadistic way …1950s US sl.
adj. 14. morbid, depraved, as in a sick sense of humour …1950s sl., orig. US
adj. 15. tedious, boring, disaffecting …1973 UK sl.
adj. 16. excellent, first-rate, wonderful …1980s Aust. & US sl.
adj. 17. experienced the bleed period of the menstrual cycle …1982 Bahamas
adj. 18. in poker: without further funds …1988 US sl.
adj. 19. infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS …1990 US
adj. 20. scary …1995 US sl.
n. 1. a person suffering from illness …c888 obs.
n. 2. a disease or illness …a1300 obs.
n. 3. the illness that accompanies withdrawal from drug addiction …1930s drug culture sl.
n. 4. someone suffering drug withdrawal symptoms …1951 US sl.
n. 5. vomit …1959 sl.
vb. 1. to suffer illness; to fall ill, to sicken …a1150 obs.
vb. 2. to vomit …20C US colloq.

• SICK ABED IN THE WOOD-BOX
adj. in good health; a common answer to any inquiry after one’s condition …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS
adj. not seriously sick or ill …1968 Amer. dial.

• SICK ABED ON TWO CHAIRS WITH ONE’S FEET IN THE WOODBOX
adj. not seriously sick or ill …1968 Amer. dial.

• SICK AND SADED
adj. tired or weary of something …1896 Eng. dial.

• SICK AND TIRED OF
adj. bored or fed-up with someone or something …1783 UK

• SICK AND WRONG
adj. absolutely impossible, unthinkable, totally disgusting; also used ironically …1980s US students’ sl.
int. used for conveying a strong disagreement or disapproval …1989 US sl.

• SICK AS A BLACKFELLOW’S DOG
adj. very sick …20C Aust. sl.

• SICK AS A CAT
adj. very sick or ill indeed…L17 sl.

• SICK AS A CUSHION
adj. very hungry, thus not sick at all …L17 sl.

• SICK AS A DOG
adj. sick, but not necessarily vomiting …L16

• SICK AS A HORSE
adj. said when a person is exceedingly sick without vomiting …1765

• SICK AS A MULE
adj. extremely sick or ill …M18 sl.

• SICK AS A PARROT
adj. 1. extremely depressed, usually mental rather than physically distressed …1970s sl.
adj. 2. annoyed and disappointed …1979 Brit. sl.

• SICK AS A RAT
adj. very sick …L19 sl.

• SICK AS MUCK
adj. L19 sl. – extremely sick

• SICK AS MUD
adj. very depressed or upset …1930s sl.

• SICK-ASS
adj. unpleasant, crazy …1990s US sl.

• SICK-BAY COCKTAIL
n. a dose of medicine …c1925 Royal Navy usage

• SICK-BAY COMMANDO
n. a soldier who feigns illness to avoid combat duty …1997 US sl.

• SICK-BAY GOOSE
n. a bed-pan …20C Royal Navy usage

• SICK-BAY LOUNGERS
n. fellows that go to Sick Bay to avoid Divisions or studies …20C Dartmouth Royal Naval College usage

• SICK-BAY MOOCHER
n. a malingerer …L19 nautical sl.

• SICK-BAY SHACKLE
n. a safety-pin …c1939 Royal Navy usage

• SICK-BAY TIFFY
n. a medical orderly in the sick-bay …1914 Royal Navy usage

• SICK-BIRD WINTER
n. a late spring storm …1991 Amer. dial.

• SICK BUNK
n. a hospital bed …1940 army colloq.

• SICKEN
vb. to pine with yearning; to long eagerly …1802

• SICKENER
n. anything depressing, disappointing, or frustrating; a sad outcome …19C sl.

• SICKER
adj. 1. free from danger or harm; secure, safe …c897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of water: to trickle; to ooze or leak …c897 rare
adj. 3. that may be depended on; in which one can put reliance, confidence, or trust;  certain, sure …c1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 4. having confident or certain knowledge; fully assured or convinced …c1200 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 5. having a firm foundation or support; firm, unshaken …1297 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 6. certain of its effect; effective, sure …1338
adj. 7. having a sense of security; confident …a1340 obs.
adj. 8. not liable to be disturbed or unsettled; stable, assured, certain …1340 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 9. that cannot be doubted; indubitable; absolutely certain …c1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 10. genuine, good …a1400-50 obs.
adj. 11. securely fastened or held …a1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 12. having sure mastery of an art …c1470 obs.
adj. 13. prudent, careful, esp. with regard to money matters; wary, cautious …c1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 1. with security; safely, confidently …c1205 obs.
adv. 2. assuredly, certainly, without doubt …c1275 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 3. effectively, strongly, firmly …c1450 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 4. securely; without risk of falling or shifting …a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 1. of water: to trickle; to ooze or leak …c897 rare
vb. 2. to assure a person of one’s good faith by a pledge or formal promise …1297 now rare or obs.
vb. 3. to assure a person of safety …1297 now rare or obs.
vb. 4. to put one’s trust in a person …a1300 now rare or obs.
vb. 5. to confirm by pledge or surety …1338 now rare or obs.
vb. 6. to assure one of a fact …c1375 now rare or obs.
vb. 7. to betroth a woman to one …c1384 now rare or obs.
vb. 8. to secure, to make sure or certain of; to make fast, to fix firmly …1708 now rare or obs.

• THE SICKER
n. a sick-room; an infirmary …c1910 public schools’ usage

• SICKERHEAD
n. assurance, certainty …c1250 obs.

• SICKERLAIK
n. certainty …a1225 obs.

• SICKERLY
adv. 1. with full certainty or conviction …c1100 obs.
adv. 2. with assurance, confidently …c1205 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 3. without doubt; undoubtedly, certainly, decidedly, assuredly …c1220 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 4. without danger or harm; securely, safely …c1290 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 5. with certainty of result; efficaciously …1340 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 6. in a stable or steady manner …c1375 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 7. sharply, severely, smartly …1596 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• SICKERNESS
n. 1. certain prospect or possession of something; certainty; assurance …c1100 obs.
n. 2. sense of security; self-confidence …a1225 obs.
n. 3. the state or condition of being secure; freedom from danger or harm…c1230 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 4. sure keeping; safe custody …1678 obs.

• SICKER THAN SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
adj. extraordinarily sick …1923 Amer. dial.

• SICKERTY
n. certain prospect or possession of something; certainty; assurance …1405 obs.

• SICKEST
adj. best …1987 Trinidad and Tobago

• SICKEY ACKEY
n. a psychiatrist …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SICK-HOUSE
n. a house set apart for sick persons; a hospital …1491 rare

• SICKIE
n. 1. a day’s sick leave, esp. one taken without valid medical reason …c1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. anyone considered to be ‘sick in the head’, insane, or crazy …1960s sl., orig. US
n. 3. a homosexual …1960s US students’ sl.
n. 4. a heroin addict …1960s sl.

• SICK IN FOURTEEN LANGUAGES
adj. very sick or ill indeed …L19 US sl.

• SICK IN ONE’S NAKED BED
adj. ill; confined to bed …1896 Amer. dial.

• SICKLE
adj. sickly …c1290 obs.
n. 1. a tail-feather of a cock …c1710
n. 2. a bicycle …Brit. sl.
n. 3. a motorcycle …1967 US sl.
vb. to be or fall ill, to sicken …c1000 obs.

• SICKLE-MOON
n. the crescent moon …1875

• SICKLER
n. a person suffering from sickle-cell anaemia …1994 US sl.

• SICKLEW
adj. sick, unhealthy …1387 obs. rare

• SICKLIED
adj. rendered sickly or mawkish …1835

• SICKLIFY
vb. to make sick or sickly …1851 rare

• SICKLING
n. a sickly or delicate person …1834

• SICKMAN
n. 1. a man who is ill …c1340 obs.
n. 2. (usually as ‘sick man’) applied during the latter part of the 19th century to the Sultan of Turkey …1853

• SICK MARKET
n. on the Stock Exchange: a market in which sales of stock are difficult to place …c1860 colloq.

• SICKNER
n. anything depressing, disappointing, or frustrating …19C sl.

• SICKNESS
n. 1. utter disgust or weariness …1779
n. 2. menstruation …1948 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the range of symptoms experienced when a drug addict is deprived of the drug …1987 US sl.

• THE SICKNESS
n. menstruation …c1960 Amer. dial.

• SICKO
adj. depraved, perverted, insane …1970s sl.
n. a disgusting or disturbingly revolting person; a mentally unstable person, with overtones of sexual perversion; a pervert or someone with a warped or perverted sense of humour …1977 sl.

• SICK OF
adj. bored, fed-up …1597

• SICK OF THE FEVER BURDEN
vb. to be bone lazy …16C sl.

• SICK OF THE IDLE CRICK AND THE BELLY-WORK IN THE HEEL
vb. to be bone lazy …c1670

• SICK OF THE IDLES
adj. exceedingly lazy; idle without the will to work …1639 colloq.

• SICK OF THE LOMBARD FEVER
adj. exceedingly lazy; idle without the will to work …c1650

• SICK OF THE SIMPLES
adj. foolish …18C colloq.

• SICK OF THE SULLENS
adj. ill-humoured, very gloomy …1580

• SICK OF THE WHOLE LAYOUT
adj. bored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SICK OF THE WHOLE OUTFIT
adj. bored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SICK OF THE WHOLE SET-UP
adj. bored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SICK OF THE WHOLE SHOW
adj. bored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• SICK ON
vb. to set on, to have some attack a third party; to set someone on another person …M19 sl.

• SICK PAD
n. a sanitary towel …1966 US sl.

• SICK PERIOD
n. a menstrual period …1965 Amer. dial.

• SICK PUPPY
n. a perverted person …1984 US sl.

• SICKREL
n. a puny, sickly person …I1700 cant obs.

• THE SICKS
n. a feeling of nausea …1934 sl.

• SICK SQUID
n. £6 …2002 UK sl.

• SICK TIME
n. a menstrual period …1965 Amer. dial.

• SICK TO DEATH OF
adj. bored or fed-up with someone or something …1890 UK sl.

• SICK TO THE HEAD
adj. delirious …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SICK UP
vb. to vomit …19C sl.

• SICKY
n. 1. a feigned illness cited as grounds for missing work …1953 Aust. sl.
n. 2. anyone considered to be ‘sick in the head’, insane, or crazy …1960s sl., orig. US

• SIC-LIKE
adj. similar; of such a kind …1442 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. similarly; in like manner …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• SIC ON
vb. to set on, to have some attack a third party; to set someone on another person …M19 sl.