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Diced vs Dicey - What's the difference?

diced | dicey |

As a verb diced

is (dice).

As an adjective dicey is

fraught with danger.

diced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dice)

    • dice

    English

    (wikipedia dice)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
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  • * 1972 , (translation), Einstein: The Life and Times , Avon Books
    • I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice .
    (Original: Jedenfalls bin ich überzeugt, dass der Alte nicht würfelt. December 4, 1926. Albert Einstein. Born-Einstein Letters. Trans. Irene Born. New York: Walker and Company, 1971.)
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  • * 1980 , Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper , Polar Music
    • The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
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  • That which has been diced.
    • Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice .
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    • Usage notes

    * The game of dice' is singular. Thus in "'''Dice''' is a game played with ' dice ," the first occurrence is singular, the second occurrence is plural. * Otherwise, the singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English'', Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice''') is uncommon. ' Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.” * Die is predominant among tabletop gamers.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "dice")

    Derived terms

    * dicey * no dice * percentile dice * roll the dice

    Verb

    (dic)
  • To play dice.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
    • I diced not above seven times a week.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 407:
    • Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.
  • To cut into small cubes.
  • To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

    • Derived terms

    * dice with death

    Anagrams

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    dicey

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Fraught with danger.
  • Of uncertain, risky outcome.
  • * 2012 , Jonathan Deutsch, Natalya Murakhver (editors), They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from Around the World , page 161,
    • Devouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey .
  • Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
  • * 1992 , Vincent O'Sullivan, The Witness Man'', in ''Palms and Minarets: Selected Stories , page 95,
    • As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn?t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.
  • * 2011 , Jay Baer, Amber Naslund, The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social , page xv,
    • If you were in the business of selling dicey meat, the invention of the telephone rocked your world.
  • (slang) Nauseating, rank.
  • * 2011 , Keemholems Ojei, The Narcodollar Chieftains: The Narcotics Godfathers , page 101,
    • Some more birds were scared off by the dicey smell. The man was dying gradually.