English

Adjective

sicker

1. comparative form of sick: more sick

Etymology 2

From Middle English siker ‎(“secure, safe, stable, certain; gewiss, securely, safely, certainly”), from Old English sicer, sicor ‎(“secure from, free from guilt and the punishment, safe, free from danger or harm, sure, certain, free from doubt, trustworthy”), from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz ‎(“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus ‎(“secure”, literally “without care”). See secure. Cognate with Scots siker, seker ‎(“safe, secure”), North Frisian sijcker ‎(“sure, secure”), Dutch zeker ‎(“sure, certain, safe, secure, confirmed”), German sicher ‎(“sure, secure, confirmed”), Swedish säker ‎(“secure, safe, sure”), Norwegian sikker ‎(“secure”).

Alternative forms

• siker
• siccer
• siccar

Adjective

sicker

1. (obsolete outside dialects) certain
2. (obsolete outside dialects) secure

Adverb

sicker

1. (obsolete outside dialects) certainly
2. (obsolete outside dialects) securely

Derived terms

• sickerly
• sickerhood
• sickerness

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• sigger
• zigger

Verb

sicker ‎(third-person singular simple present sickers, present participle sickering, simple past and past participle sickered)

1. (mining, Britain, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

Anagrams

• ickers

German

Verb

sicker

1. First-person singular present of sickern.
2. Imperative singular of sickern.