Wt/sco/sic
English[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- enPR: sĭk, IPA(No language code specified.): /sɪk/, X-SAMPA: /sIk/
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- Homophone: sick
Etymology 1[edit | edit source]
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Latin word meaning "thus," "so," "as such," or "in such a manner." It is used when writing quoted material to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation or meaning in the quote has been reproduced verbatim from the original and is not a transcription error (i.e. it appeared thus in the original). It is normally placed within the quoted material, in square brackets and often italicized—[sic]. Alternatively it can appear after the quote in parentheses (round brackets)—(sic).[1] Where the quoted material is a known error, and the correct word or phrase is known, it may be included, preceded by recte, Latin for "rightly"; this is common in palaeography.
Adverb[edit | edit source]
sic (nae comparable)
- thus; thus written
Usage notes[edit | edit source]
The word sic may be used in brackets to show that an uncommon or archaic usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution:
- The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker ...
It may also be used to highlight a perceived error, sometimes for the purpose of ridicule, as in this example from The Times:
- Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: "styley [sic], confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it's [sic] finger on the fashion pulse."[2]
On occasion, sic has been misidentified as an abbreviation for "said in context," "spelled in context," "said in copy," "spelling is correct," "spelled incorrectly" and other phrases.[3] These are all backronyms from sic.
Related terms[edit | edit source]
- sic passim (Used to indicate that the preceding word, phrase, or term is used in the same manner (or form) throughout the remainder of a text.)
- sic transit gloria mundi (Fame is temporary.)
- sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants, shouted by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating Abraham Lincoln.)
Translations[edit | edit source]
Verb[edit | edit source]
sic (third-person singular semple praisent Wt/sco/sics, praisent pairteeciple siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
- To mark with a bracketed sic.[4]
Etymology 2[edit | edit source]
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Alternative forms[edit | edit source]
Verb[edit | edit source]
sic (third-person singular semple praisent Wt/sco/sics, praisent pairteeciple siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
- Template:Wt/sco/Transitive To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
- He sicced his dog on me!
- Template:Wt/sco/Transitive To set upon; to chase; to attack.
- Sic 'em, Mitzi.
Usage notes[edit | edit source]
- The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
Translations[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wilson, Kenneth G. (1993), chapter sic (adv.), in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English[1], Columbia University Press The particular entry is available in the online preview, via search.
- ↑ Ashworth, Anne, "Chain reaction: Warehouse", The Times, 2006-06-21. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
- ↑ e.g. "Abbreviations.com", URL accessed on 2010-01-27., "Thefreedictionary.com", URL accessed on 2010-01-27.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "sic, adv. (and n.)" Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ E. Belfort Bax. On Some Forms of Modern Cant. Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists’ Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
French[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
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Adverb[edit | edit source]
sic
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Latin[edit | edit source]
Adverb[edit | edit source]
sīc
- thus, so, or just like that
Derived terms[edit | edit source]
Descendants[edit | edit source]
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Scots[edit | edit source]
Alternative forms[edit | edit source]
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Wt/sco/sic (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})
Pronoun[edit | edit source]
Wt/sco/sic
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