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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sick \Sick\, a. [Compar. Sicker; superl. Sickest.] [OE. sek,
     sik, ill, AS. se['o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak,
     D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan.
     syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.]
     1. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in
        health. See the Synonym under Illness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. --Mark i.
                                                    30.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Behold them that are sick with famine. --Jer. xiv.
                                                    18.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit;
        as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of;
        as, to be sick of flattery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He was not so sick of his master as of his work.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.]
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Diseased; ill; disordered; distempered; indisposed;
          weak; ailing; feeble; morbid.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sick \Sick\, a. [Compar. Sicker; superl. Sickest.] [OE. sek,
     sik, ill, AS. se['o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak,
     D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan.
     syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.]
     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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sickest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: sick)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sickest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: sick)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sickest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: sick)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sickest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: sick)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sickest
     Engelska a.
     (böjning en adj sick)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sickest /sˈɪkɪst/
  أمرض

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sickest /sˈɪkɪst/ 
  nejnechutnější

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɪkəst/


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