Meaning

2 senses

  1. Certain.

    I'm sicker that he's not home.

  2. Secure; safe.

    To walk a sicker path

Examples

10 sentences

  1. I'm sicker than I thought I was.

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  2. I'm a lot sicker now than I was last week.

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  3. We're a lot sicker now than we were last week.

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  4. I'm sicker than I thought.

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  5. Tom got sicker.

    deTom wurde kränker.

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Origin

From Middle English siker, from Old English sicer, sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur

From Middle English siker, from Old English sicer, sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “without care”). Doublet of sure and secure.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sickA1sickensicklesickly
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