Definitions For Sicker

Etymology 1

sick + -er

Adjective

The {{en-comparative of, sick}}.

Etymology 2

From Middle English siker, from {{inh, en, ang, sicer}}, sicor, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, *sikur, , free, secure}}, from {{der, en, la, sēcūrus, , secure, lit=without care}}. {{doublet, en, sure, secure}}.

Alternative forms

siker siccer siccar

Adjective

{{en-adj, ?}} (obsolete, outside, dialects) certain, certain. : {{ux, en, I'm sicker that he's not home.}} (obsolete, outside, dialects) secure, secure, safe. : {{ux, en, To walk a sicker path}}

Adverb

{{en-adv, ?}} (obsolete, outside, dialects) certainly, certainly. (obsolete, outside, dialects) securely, securely.

Derived terms

sickerly sickerhood sickerness

Etymology 3

From Middle English sikeren (attested only as sikeniez, t=(it) trickles, (it) leaks, (it) oozes), from {{inh, en, ang, sicerian, t=to ooze, seep}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *sikrōną, t=to trickle}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *sīką, t=slow running water}}. Akin to sitch.

Alternative forms

sigger zigger

Verb

{{en-verb}} (mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

Anagrams

Rickes, Riecks, ickers, scrike