Define:Sic
English
[eedit soorce]
Pronunciation
[eedit soorce]- enPR: sĭk, /sɪk/, Template:SAMPA
Audio (US) (help·info)- Rhymes: -ɪk
- Template:Homophones
Etymology 1
[eedit soorce]From Laitin
. Latin word meaning "thus," "so," "as such," or "in such a manner." It is used when writing quoted material to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation or meaning in the quote has been reproduced verbatim from the original and is not a transcription error (i.e. it appeared thus in the original). It is normally placed within the quoted material, in square brackets and often italicized—[sic]. Alternatively it can appear after the quote in parentheses (round brackets)—(sic).[1] Where the quoted material is a known error, and the correct word or phrase is known, it may be included, preceded by recte, Latin for "rightly"; this is common in palaeography.
Adverb
[eedit soorce]Sic (nae comparable)
- thus; thus written
Usage notes
[eedit soorce]The word sic may be used in brackets to show that an uncommon or archaic usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution:
- The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker ...
It may also be used to highlight a perceived error, sometimes for the purpose of ridicule, as in this example from The Times:
- Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: "styley [sic], confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it's [sic] finger on the fashion pulse."[2]
On occasion, sic has been misidentified as an abbreviation for "said in context," "spelled in context," "said in copy," "spelling is correct," "spelled incorrectly" and other phrases.[3] These are all backronyms from sic.
Related terms
[eedit soorce]- sic passim (Used to indicate that the preceding word, phrase, or term is used in the same manner (or form) throughout the remainder of a text.)
- sic transit gloria mundi (Fame is temporary.)
- sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants, shouted by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating Abraham Lincoln.)
Translations
[eedit soorce]Verb
[eedit soorce]Sic (third-person singular simple present Sics, present participle siccing, simple past an past participle sicced)
- To mark with a bracketed sic.[4]
Etymology 2
[eedit soorce]Variant of
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Alternative forms
[eedit soorce]Verb
[eedit soorce]Sic (third-person singular simple present Sics, present participle siccing, simple past an past participle sicced)
- Template:Transitive To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
- He sicced his dog on me!
- Template:Transitive To set upon; to chase; to attack.
- Sic 'em, Mitzi.
Usage notes
[eedit soorce]- The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
Translations
[eedit soorce]References
[eedit soorce]- ↑ Wilson, Kenneth G. (1993). "sic (adv.)". The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Columbia University Press. Retrieved 3 November 2009. The particular entry is available in the online preview, via search.
- ↑ Ashworth, Anne (21 Juin 2006). "Chain reaction: Warehouse". The Times. Retrieved 6 Januar 2007.
- ↑ e.g. "Abbreviations.com". Retrieved 27 Januar 2010., "Thefreedictionary.com". Retrieved 27 Januar 2010.
- ↑ a b "sic, adv. (and n.)" Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ E. Belfort Bax. On Some Forms of Modern Cant. Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists’ Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006
Anagrams
[eedit soorce]French
[eedit soorce]Etymology
[eedit soorce]From Laitin
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Adverb
[eedit soorce]Sic
Latin
[eedit soorce]Adverb
[eedit soorce]sīc
- thus, so, or just like that
Derived terms
[eedit soorce]Descendants
[eedit soorce]Scots
[eedit soorce]Alternative forms
[eedit soorce]Adjective
[eedit soorce]Sic (comparative mair Sic, superlative maist Sic)
Pronoun
[eedit soorce]Sic