Sicker

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkÉ™(ɹ)

sick + -er

Adjective

1. sicker

   (comparative of sick)

From Middle English siker ("secure, safe, stable, certain; gewiss, securely, safely, certainly"), from Old English sicer, sicor ("secure from, free from guilt and the punishment, safe, free from danger or harm, sure, certain, free from doubt, trustworthy"), from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz ("free, secure"), from Latin sēcūrus ("secure", literally without care). See secure. Cognate with Scots siker, seker ("safe, secure"), North Frisian sijcker ("sure, secure"), Dutch zeker ("sure, certain, safe, secure, confirmed"), German sicher ("sure, secure, confirmed"), Swedish säker ("secure, safe, sure"), Norwegian sikker ("secure").

Alternative forms

• siker
• siccer
• siccar

Full definition of sicker

Adjective

1. (obsolete outside dialects) certain
2. (obsolete outside dialects) secure

Adverb

1. (obsolete outside dialects) certainly
2. (obsolete outside dialects) securely

Derived terms

• sickerly
• sickerhood

Alternative forms

• sigger
• zigger

Verb

1. (mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

Anagrams

• ickers