Spic - Wiktionary

See also: spíc, špic, and spić

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:spicWikipedia

Alternative forms

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  • spick, spik

Etymology

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Possibly imitative of a Hispanic pronunciation of speak. Usually considered a contraction of the earlier used spiggoty.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

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spic (plural spics)

  1. (US, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent. Synonyms: spigotty, spiggoty
  2. (US, ethnic slur, now uncommon) Synonym of Italian, an inhabitant of Italy or person of Italian descent.
    • 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance [...] With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 236:“He’s a spic” he said. He was frantic with jealousy, he didn’t want to be hurt again.

Derived terms

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  • spigger
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  • beaner

Further reading

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  • “spic n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

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  • CSPI, ICPs, PCIs, PICS, PICs, iPSC, pics

French

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English Wikipedia has an article on:Spike lavenderWikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin spicum < spica. Doublet of épi, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spik/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)

Noun

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spic m (uncountable)

  1. Spike lavender Synonym: lavande aspic
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  • aspic

Further reading

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  • “spic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old English

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Alternative forms

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  • speċ

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with Dutch spek, German Speck, and Icelandic spik.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spit͡ʃ/

Noun

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spiċ n

  1. bacon
  2. lard

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative spiċ
accusative spiċ
genitive spiċes
dative spiċe

Derived terms

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  • spiċhūs
  • spiċmāse

Descendants

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  • Middle English: spik, spyk, spike, spich
    • Scots: spick, spect
    • English: speck

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin spīcum, alternative form of spīca.

Noun

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spic n (plural spice)

  1. (of grain) ear, spike

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative spic spicle spic spicle
genitive-dative spic spiclui spic spiclor
vocative spic spiclor

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