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wick⋅ed⋅ness

  [wik-id-nis]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of being wicked.
2. wicked conduct or practices.
3. a wicked act or thing.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see wicked, -ness
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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.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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