Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Characterized by depraved tastes or habits; deviant.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. · A mentally ill person. · A physically ill person.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *seukaną Proto-Germanic *seukaz Proto-West Germanic *seuk Old English sēoc Old English sēc Middle English sik English sick Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English sicko From sick + -o (“person with characteristic”).
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