sicker

adjective

sick·​er ˈsi-kər How to pronounce sicker (audio)
chiefly Scotland
: secure, safe
also : dependable
sicker adverb chiefly Scotland
sickerly adverb chiefly Scotland

Examples of sicker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The next morning, on March 15, 2023, Angela Craig was back in the hospital, seemingly sicker than ever. Sarah Prior, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024 Why, then, are employees sicker and more stressed than ever? Andrew Deutscher, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Unvaccinated children are often sicker, said Kadri of Banner Urgent Care in Phoenix. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024 Spring came, and my father got sicker and sicker, more and more frail. Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024 And if a patient becomes sicker or dies, the question of who is liable becomes an issue. Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024 Evidence suggests that infection with Covid and influenza can make someone sicker. Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 6 Jan. 2024 The more problems there are, the sicker the patient is likely to be. John C. Goodman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 Then, transplant centers rolled out a new way of measuring severity of the disease, so sicker patients could be identified and given higher priority. Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English siker, from Old English sicor, from Latin securus secure

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sicker was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Sicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicker. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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