Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sicky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: sicky
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of sickie (“sick day”).

adj

Covered in vomit.

Informal

adj

Prone to sickness; easily becoming ill; (somewhat) sick.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Also consider how easy is it to clean with a sicky baby; can all of the cover and straps go in the washing machine or is it wipe clean only?"
"I started off with 18 sleepsuits, but got through them in 24 hours when she was sicky."
"The woman was despondant, and it showed in her weaves. Her flames were sicky and and off color, dull where they should have shone brightly aganist^([sic]) the blankets of white snow."
"the spawn were sicky, so chris stayed home with them."
"DS was sicky when still in a moses basket, but had pretty much grown out of it by the time he was in a cot."
"Here I am layn^([sic]) in bed feeling sicky w/ fevr^([sic]) ugh!"

Etymology

From sick + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sick

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

sickies (plural) more sicky (comparative) most sicky (superlative)

Rhymes With

tricky ricky mickey sticky wiki vicky picky hickey tiki dickie dickey quickie

Questions

What does sicky mean?: Alternative form of sickie (“sick day”).
Where does sicky come from?: From sick + -y.

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