Dick en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- dĭk
- /dɪk/
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Etymology
Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
Meanings
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A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
You may know what one man thinks of another by his manner of calling him. Thomas and James and Richard and William are stupid young gentlemen; Tom and Jem and Dick and Will are fine spirited fellows.
1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::Lascivious Edward, and thou perjur'd George, / And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all,
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Deriveds
Tom, Dick or Harry · Dickison · Dicky · Dixson · Dickeson · hopping Dick · Dixon · Dickey · Dickason · Dick Johnson · little Dick Fisher · dickite · Dickerson · Dick's hatband · have fun with Dick and Jane · Dickbats · Phildickian · little Dick · Dickson · Dickie · Deadeye Dick · dick · Dickian · big Dick · Tricky Dick