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sic^¹

/sɪk/

Sounds like sick, Sikh (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪk

adverb

not comparable Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. When it is all over they merge and go in a body to visit [...] the Telegraph Office – with plausible expressions of regret and excuses for the mob ‘which’ they say ‘is deplorably ignorant and will not be restrained when its feelings are strongly moved’ – sic, the fact being that the mob’s feelings w
broadly, not comparable Used in the manner of scare quotes In the past few months, we in Upstate N.Y. have been subjected to fire bombings, firings, verbal and physical harassment, etc. The list goes on and on. These (sic) Christians are calling for a million marchers and may very well get that many.

verb sics · siccing · sicced

To mark with a bracketed sic. The fact is, of course, that the modern reviewer’s taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates, but he must find something to say and above all make a slow of purism.

sic^²

/sɪk/

Sounds like sick, Sikh (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪk

Where it comes from

Variant of seek.

verb sics · siccing · sicced · sicc · sick

transitive To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. He sicced his dog on me!
transitive To set upon; to chase; to attack. Sic ’em, Mitzi.

SIC^³

noun SICs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of second-in-command
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of School Improvement Council

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: set, traduction, translation, thus, original, sci, honor, credit, honour, ist, irc, cti, csic, cvd, cms, stc

Translations

Every language

adv thus, thus written

Español	sic
한국어	원문대로 wonmundaero
日本語	ママ mama
中文	原文如此 yuánwén rúcǐ
Português	sic
Français	sic
Deutsch	sic, so
Italiano	sic
Ελληνικά	αυτολεξεί aftolexeí
Русский	так tak
العربية	كَذَا kaḏā

verb incite an attack by

Español	azuzar, achuchar, jalear, aupar, ajotar, ahotar (disused)
Português	atiçar, açular, instigar
Deutsch	hetzen
Русский	нау́ськивать naúsʹkivatʹ, натра́вливать natrávlivatʹ, натрави́ть natravítʹ

verb to chase; to attack; to set upon

Deutsch	fassen
Italiano	sguinzagliare
Русский	спуска́ть spuskátʹ

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"sic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sic

Chicago

"sic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sic.

BibTeX

@misc{sic_2026,
  title = {sic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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