wicked
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk.ɪd/
The English word “wicked” has 8 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- Harsh; severe.
- Excellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional.
- Having a wick.
- Active; brisk.
- Infested with maggots.
adverb
- To a superlative extent, very, extremely
noun
- Wicked (evil) people collectively.
Etymology
From Middle English wicked, wikked, an alteration of Middle English wicke, wikke (“morally perverse, evil, wicked”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an adjectival use of Old English wiċċa (“wizard, sorcerer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“necromancer, sorcerer”), though the phonology makes this theory difficult to explain. Alternatively, perhaps related to English wicker, Old Norse víkja…
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