dickens

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a word used in exclamations of confusion
  2. noun English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)

Etymology

Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name Dicken, diminutive form of Dick.

In classic literature

Synonyms

devil, deuce

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