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Wicked vs Unwicked - What's the difference?

wicked | unwicked |

As adjectives the difference between wicked and unwicked

is that wicked is evil or mischievous by nature while unwicked is not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.

As an adverb wicked

is very, extremely.

As a noun wicked

is people who are wicked..

As a verb wicked

is past tense of 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

    unwicked

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.
  • * 2010 , Chuck Crisafulli, ?Kyra Thompson, Go to Hell: A Heated History of the Underworld (page 282)
    • Finally, sinners drink a tea that lets them forget their sins (and hopefully their dismemberment) to ready them for another attempt at an unwicked life.
  • Not wicked (fitted with a wick); wickless.
  • * 1998 , Jane Blake, ?Emily Paulsen, ?Keith Scott Morton, Handmade candles: recipes for crafting candles at home (page 86)
    • Pour the wax into the unwicked molds and allow to cool for 6 hours or overnight.