sic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb urge to attack someone
  2. adverb intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

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