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Wicked is a related term of scurvy.


As adjectives the difference between wicked and scurvy

is that wicked is evil or mischievous by nature or wicked can be having a wick while scurvy is covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.

As nouns the difference between wicked and scurvy

is that wicked is people who are wickedoxford dictionary [http://wwwoxfordadvancedlearnersdictionarycom/dictionary/wicked_2] while scurvy is (disease) a disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin c leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.

As an adverb wicked

is (slang|new england|british) very, extremely.

As a verb wicked

is (wick).

wicked

English

Etymology 1

1225-75 (etyl) wikked, wikke, an alteration of wicke, adjectival use of (etyl)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Evil or mischievous by nature.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • (slang)  Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
    • Usage notes
    * Nouns to which "wicked" is often applied: witch, person, man, woman, angel, deed, act, pleasure, delight, game, way, night, word.
    Synonyms
    * (evil or mischievous) evil, immoral, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, twisted, villainous, See also * awesome, bad, cool, dope, excellent, far out, groovy, hot, rad, See also
    Derived terms
    * wickedly * wickedness * wicked tongue

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang, New England, British) Very, extremely.
    • The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!
    Synonyms
    * hella, helluv (primarily Northern California slang )

    Noun

  • People who are wicked.Oxford dictionary [http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/wicked_2].

    • Etymology 2

    See (wick)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wick)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a wick.
    • a two-wicked lamp
  • (British, dialect, chiefly, Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.

    • References

    English degree adverbs English heteronyms English intensifiers

    scurvy

    English

    (wikipedia scurvy)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}

    Synonyms

    * (vitamin C deficiency disease) Barlow's disease, , scorbutus

    Derived terms

    * scurvy grass

    Related terms

    * -scorbic * scorbic * ascorbic * scorbutic

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
  • * Bible, Leviticus xxi. 18, 20
    • whatsoever man be scurvy or scabbed
  • Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
    • a scurvy''' trick; a '''scurvy knave
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • that scurvy custom of taking tobacco
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
    • What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch!

    Derived terms

    * scurvily * scurviness

    See also

    * morphew

    References

    * * * * Who Named It? last accessed 28-Mar-2007