sic
(adverb) intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
sic, set
(verb) urge to attack someone; “The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders”; “the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
SIC (plural SICs)
(education, chiefly, South Carolina) Initialism of School Improvement Council.
• -ics, CIS, CIs, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SCI, Sci., cis, cis-, sci, sci.
sic (not comparable)
Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.
Sic is frequently used to indicate that an error or apparent error of spelling, grammar, or logic has been quoted faithfully; for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution
The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker ...
Sic is often set off from surrounding text by parentheses or brackets, which sometimes enclose additional notes, as
Because it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.
sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
To mark with a bracketed sic.
sic (third-person singular simple present sics, present participle siccing, simple past and past participle sicced)
(transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
(transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
• The sense of “set upon” is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
• -ics, CIS, CIs, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SCI, Sci., cis, cis-, sci, sci.
Source: Wiktionary
Sic, a.
Definition: Such. [Scot.]
Sic, adv. Etym: [L.]
Definition: Thus.
Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
