sic
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
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 (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.
[edit] Adverb
sic (not comparable)
- thus; thus written
[edit] Usage notes
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][4] These are all backronyms from sic.
[edit] Related terms
- 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.)
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[edit] Verb
sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
- To mark with a bracketed sic.[5]
[edit] Etymology 2
Variant of seek.
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sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
- (transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
- He sicced his dog on me!
- (transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
- Sic 'em, Mitzi.
[edit] Usage notes
- The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
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[edit] References
- ^ Template:Cite book 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, accessdate 2010-01-27
- ^ |Thefreedictionary.com, accessdate= 2010-01-27
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin sīc (“thus, so”).
[edit] Adverb
sic
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adverb
sīc
- thus, so, or just like that
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[edit] Rafsi
sic
- Rafsi of stici.
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[edit] Adjective
sic (comparative mair sic, superlative maist sic)
[edit] Pronoun
sic
