sic

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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin sīc (thus, so).

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 (that is, 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]

sic (not comparable)

  1. thus; thus written
Usage notes [edit]

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]

Since it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.

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Verb [edit]

sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)

  1. To mark with a bracketed sic.[3]
    E. Belfort Bax wrote "... the modern reviewer's taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates."[3][4]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Variant of seek.

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Verb [edit]

sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)

  1. (transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
    He sicced his dog on me!
  2. (transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
    Sic 'em, Mitzi.
Usage notes [edit]
  • The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
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References [edit]

  1. ^ Template:Cite book The particular entry is available in the online preview, via search.
  2. ^ Ashworth, Anne, "Chain reaction: Warehouse", The Times, 2006-06-21. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "sic, adv. (and n.)" Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ E. Belfort Bax. On Some Forms of Modern Cant. Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists’ Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin sīc (thus, so).

Adverb [edit]

sic

  1. sic

Latin [edit]

Adverb [edit]

sīc (not comparable)

  1. thus, so, or just like that
  2. yet

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Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

sic

  1. rafsi of stici.

Scots [edit]

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Adjective [edit]

sic (not comparable)

  1. such

Pronoun [edit]

sic

  1. such

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From German Sitz

Noun [edit]

sic m

  1. (regional) seat

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