sic1
or sick
- to attack (used especially in commanding a dog): Sic 'em!
- to incite to attack (usually followed by on).
Origin of sic1
sic2
- such.
Origin of sic2
sic3
- so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e. e. cummings (sic).
SIC
- Standard Industrial Classification: a system used by the federal government to classify business activities for analytical and reporting purposes.
Sic.
rebus sic stantibus
- (of the duration of the binding force treaty) for as long as the relevant facts and circumstances remain basically the same.
Origin of rebus sic stantibus
sic passim
- so throughout: used especially as a footnote to indicate that a word, phrase, or idea recurs throughout the book being cited.
sic semper tyrannis
- thus always to tyrants: motto of Virginia.
sic transit gloria mundi
- thus passes away the glory of this world.
Examples from the Web for sic
Contemporary Examples
“The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.
Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
They mention that a former cia agent and someone who used to work for Hilary [sic] Clinton looked at the script.
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December 19, 2014
Then Pascal responds (in all caps) with, “BUT WE DIDNT WIN A D [sic] YOU KNOW HIM.”
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“Bare [sic] with me on vlogmas,” she told her fans in a Tweet.
Historical Examples
You'll have to sic some other poor devil on this glittering proposition of yours.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
Sic semper tyrannis, does not mean "Tyrants are always sick."
I point to dem sojers an say, "Sic him, General Lee, sic him."
It wad be fair sinfu' no' ta tak a drop at sic a time as this.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
Else there wadna hae been sic a sad welcome for her bonnie bairn.
OliveDinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
sic1
- so or thus: inserted in brackets in a written or printed text to indicate that an odd or questionable reading is what was actually written or printed
Word Origin
sic2
- to turn on or attack: used only in commands, as to a dog
- to urge (a dog) to attack
Word Origin
sic3
- a Scot word for such
sic passim
- a phrase used in printed works to indicate that a word, spelling, etc, occurs in the same form throughout
Word Origin
sic transit gloria mundi
- thus passes the glory of the world
Word Origin and History for sic
adv.
insertion in printed quotation to call attention to error in the original; Latin, literally "so, thus, in this way," related to or emphatic of si "if," from PIE root *so- "this, that" (cf. Old English sio "she"). Used regularly in English articles from 1876, perhaps by influence of similar use in French (1872).
[I]t amounts to Yes, he did say that, or Yes, I do mean that, in spite of your natural doubts. It should be used only when doubt is natural; but reviewers & controversialists are tempted to pretend that it is, because (sic) provides them with a neat & compendious form of sneer. [Fowler]
Sic passim is "generally so throughout."
v.
"to set upon, attack;" see sick (v.).
sic transit gloria mundi
c.1600, Latin, literally "thus passes the glory of the world;" perhaps an alteration of a passage in Thomas Á Kempis' "Imitatio Christi" (1471).
sic
A Latin word for “thus,” used to indicate that an apparent error is part of quoted material and not an editorial mistake: “The learned geographer asserts that ‘the capital of the United States is Washingtown [sic].’”
Sic transit gloria mundi
Latin for “Thus passes away the glory of the world”; worldly things do not last.
Idioms and Phrases with sic
sic transit gloria mundi
Nothing on earth is permanent, as in His first three novels were bestsellers and now he can't even find an agent—sic transit gloria mundi. This expression, Latin for “Thus passes the glory of the world,” has been used in English since about 1600, and is familiar enough so that it is sometimes abbreviated to sic transit.