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):

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• 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

Related terms

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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)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

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spic m (uncountable)

1. Spike lavender Synonym: lavande aspic

Related terms

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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