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wick⋅ed

  [wik-id] adjective, -er, -est, adverb
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–adjective
1. evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
2. mischievous or playfully malicious: These wicked kittens upset everything.
3. distressingly severe, as a storm, wound, or cold: a wicked winter.
4. unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices; a wicked exam.
5. having a bad disposition; ill-natured; mean: a wicked horse.
6. spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.
7. extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.
8. unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.
9. Slang. wonderful; great; masterful; deeply satisfying: He blows a wicked trumpet.
–adverb
10. Slang. very; really; totally: That shirt is wicked cool.
Origin:
1225–75; ME wikked, equiv. to wikke bad (repr. adj. use of OE wicca wizard; cf. witch ) + -ed -ed 3

Related forms:
wick⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. unrighteous, ungodly, godless, impious, profane, blasphemous; immoral, profligate, corrupt, depraved, dissolute; heinous; infamous, villainous. See bad 1 .

Antonyms:
1. good, virtuous.
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wick

1  [wik]
–noun
1. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
–verb (used with object)
2. to draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME wicke, weke, OE wice, wēoc(e); c. MD wiecke, MLG wêke, OHG wiohha lint, wick (G Wieke lint); akin to Skt vāgura noose

Related forms:
wickless, adjective
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wick   (wĭk)   
n.  

  1. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action.

  2. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action.

tr. & intr.v.   wicked (wĭkt), wick·ing, wicks
To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.

[Middle English wike, from Old English wēoce.]
wick·ed   (wĭk'ĭd)   
adj.   wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est

  1. Evil by nature and in practice: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" (Winston S. Churchill).

  2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.

  3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.

  4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.

  5. Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation.

adv.   Slang
Used as an intensive: "a ... body suit, which she describes as wicked comfortable" (Nathan Cobb).

[Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer; see witch.]
wick'ed·ly adv., wick'ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
wicked

  1. mod.
    excellent; impressive; cool. (Also in compounds, wicked smart, wicked cool, etc.) : Now this is what I call a wicked guitar.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wick  (1)
"bundle of fiber in a lamp or candle," O.E. weoce, from W.Gmc. *weukon (cf. M.Du. wieke, Du. wiek, O.H.G. wiohha, Ger. Wieche), of unknown origin, with no known cognates beyond Gmc. To dip one's wick "engage in sexual intercourse" (in ref. to males) is recorded from 1958, perhaps from Hampton Wick, rhyming slang for "prick," which would connect it rather to wick (2).

wicked 
c.1275, earlier wick (12c.), apparently an adj. use of O.E. wicca "wizard" (see wicca). For evolution, cf. wretched from wretch. Slang ironic sense of "wonderful" first attested 1920, in F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2wick
Function: transitive verb
: to absorb or drain (as fluid or moisture) like a wick —often used with away wick exudate away from the wound>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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