sick·er /ˈsɪkɚ/
Sick a. [Compar. Sicker superl. Sickest.]
1. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. --Mark i. 30.
Behold them that are sick with famine. --Jer. xiv. 18.
2. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
3. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
He was not so sick of his master as of his work. --L'Estrange.
4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings. --Fuller.
Sick bay Naut., an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital.
Sick bed, the bed upon which a person lies sick.
Sick berth, an apartment for the sick in a ship of war.
Sick headache Med., a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea.
Sick list, a list containing the names of the sick.
Sick room, a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness.
Note: [These terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc., are also written both hyphened and solid.]
Syn: -- Diseased; ill; disordered; distempered; indisposed; weak; ailing; feeble; morbid.
Sick·er v. i. Mining To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [Prov. Eng.]
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Sick·er, Sik·er , a. Sure; certain; trusty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
When he is siker of his good name. --Chaucer.
Sick·er, Sik·er , adv. Surely; certainly. [Obs.]
Believe this as siker as your creed. --Chaucer.
Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. --Spenser.
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