hic
Americaninterjection
interjection
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All of these things, hic, might cause spasms, hic, in your diaphragm, hic.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
So do hic and Nic and pic and Ric and sic and tic and Vic.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2015
Pearson searched Google and found “Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim,” which is Latin for, “Be patient and tough; this pain will be useful.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2015
The alliteration of "hic" and "hende" adds to the effect, and joins the speaker and the object of his love in the verbal dance.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013
Inscriptions were also found in letters of the third or beginning of the fourth century: "***ore Felix hic crevisti hic Felix" and "Cyriacus vivas."
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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