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sickly

/ˈsɪkli/SIH-klee
/ˈsɪkli/SIH-klee

Meaninglike the sick

Common meaning: often ill

Other meanings: unpleasantly sweet

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishseocsource
  2. Middle Englishsiksource
  3. Englishsick‘ill’
  4. Englishformed in English from sicksickly‘often ill’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from sick + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SICK, p.552 · scan

Source words

  • seoc Old English · source word “ill, diseased”

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