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dicey
- /ˈdaɪsi/
- /ˈdʌɪ̯si/
Rhymes with -aɪsi
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Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Old French de
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Latin -os
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its
Proto-Italic *-its
Latin -es
Old French -s
Old French desbor.
Middle English dys
English dice
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English dicey
From dice + -y.
adjective dicier · diciest · dicy
- Fraught with danger.
- Of uncertain, risky outcome. This was a dicey stratagem because all too often the support Britain rendered played into Zanu-PF's anti-colonial constructions.
- Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy. As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn′t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.
