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[Also week; Whan i knew al here cast of here wic wille, I ne mizt it suffer for sorwe & for reuthe. William of Palerne (E. E. Τ. 8.), 1. 4652. 2. Bad; wretched; vile: with reference to things. With poure mete, and feble drink, And [with] swithe wikke clothes. Havelok (E. E. T. S.), 1, 2458. Wikke appetyt comth ay before sekne e. Chaucer, Fortune, 1. 55. IMG:content-2359.png:[blocks in formation] wicks (wik), a. [A dial. var. of whick for quick. Cf. wicked2.] Quick; alive. [Prov. Eng.] There be good chaps there [at the Infirmary] to a man while he's wick , whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after. Mrs. Gaskell, Mary Barton, viii. wicked1 (wik'ed), a. and n. [ wicked ful; immoral; bad; wrong; iniquitous: a word of comprehensive signification, including everything that is contrary to the moral law, and applied both to persons and to their acts: as, a wicked man; a wicked deed; wicked ways; wicked lives; a wicked heart; wicked designs; wicked works. Thei ben fulle wykked Sarrazines and cruelle. Mandeville , Travels, p. 112. To see this would deter a doubtful man From mischievous intents, much more the practice Of what is wicked . Beau, and Fl ., Knight of Malta, iv. 1. Are men le ashamed of being wicked than absurd? Jon Bee, E ay on Samuel Foote. To do an injury openly is, in his estimation, as wicked as to do it secretly, and far le profitable. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. 21. Vile; baneful; pernicious; noxious. That wynde away the wicked ayer may hurle. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 175. Faire Amorett must dwell in wicked chaines. Spenser, F. Q., III. ix. 24. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Drop on you both. Shak ., Tempest, i. 2. 321. 3t. Troublesome; difficult; hard; painful; unfavorable; disagreeable. Hony is the more swete yif mowthes have fyrst tasted sa voures that ben wyckyd. Chaucer, Boëthius, iii. meter 1. The wall is in werre wikked to a aile With depe dikes and derke doubull of water. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1565. But this lande is full wicked to be wrought, To hardde in hete, and over softe in weete. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 49. I pray, what's good, sir, for a wicked tooth? Middle ton (and others ), The Widow, iv. 1. 4. Mischievous; prone or disposed to mischief, often good-natured mischief; roguish: as, a wicked urchin. [Colloq.] Pen looked uncommonly wicked. Thackeray , Pen dennis, xxvii. IMG:content-2360.png:[blocks in formation] Stowe , Annals (1605), p. 458. wicked2 (wik'ed), a. [ Another Irish woman of diminutive stature complacently described herself to a lady hiring her services as "small but wicked ." A. S. Palmer , Folk-Etym., Int., p. xxii. wickedly (wik'ed-li), adv . [ wikkedly , wickedli , wikkedliche ; wicked1 + -ly2.] In a wicked manner. Ho keppit hym full kantly, kobbit with hym sore, Wound it hym wickedly in hir wode angur. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 11025. I have sinned, and I have done wickedly . 2 Sam. xxiv. 17. wickedne (wik'ed-nes), п. [ And al the wikkedne e in this worlde that man myzte worche or thynke Ne is no more to the merc ye of God than in the see a glede. Piers Plowman (B), v. 291. And after thi mercies that ben fele, Lord, fordo my wickydne e . Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 251. Goodne belongs to the Gods, Piety to Men, Revenge and Wickedne to the Devils. Howell , Letters, ii. 11. 2. Wicked conduct; evil practices; active immorality; vice; crime; sin. 'Tis not good that children should know any wickedne . Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 2. 134. There is a method in man's wickedne ; It grows up by degrees. Beau , and Fl . IMG:content-2361.png:[blocks in formation] 6919