Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Middle English spellings of sicker, sickerly, sickerness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • obsolete See 2d sicker, sickerly, etc.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of sicker: certain
  • adjective Alternative spelling of sicker: secure
  • adverb Alternative spelling of sicker: certainly
  • adverb Alternative spelling of sicker: securely

Etymologies

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From Middle English siker ("secure, safe, stable, certain; gewiss, securely, safely, certainly"), from Old English sicer, sicor ("secure from, free from guilt and the punishment, safe, free from danger or harm, sure, certain, free from doubt, trustworthy"), from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus ("secure", literally "without care"). See secure. Cognate with Scots siker, seker ("safe, secure"), North Frisian sijcker ("sure, secure"), Dutch zeker ("certain, safe, secure"), German sicher ("sure, secure, confirmed"), Swedish säker ("secure, safe, sure"), Norwegian sikker ("secure").

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