spick en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /spɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of spic.
alt of spic
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spicks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
spick en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /spɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Variant of spike.
Meanings
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Tidy; fresh.
Internally the building bad been modernized and reconstructed to a point where it was doubtful whether its previous tenants would be able to recognize a single room. Outside it had become spick. The yards and sheds had a suburban rather than a rural tidiness and had for years known no form of animal life rougher than a few riding horses and ponies. The farmyard showed no utilitarian sights and gave forth no rustic smells; it had been laid over with close green turf like a bowling green.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spicker | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| spickest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
spick en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /spɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Variant of spike.
Meanings
- (obsolete) A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spicks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
spick en · VERB · etymology 3
Pronunciation
- /spɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
-
(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of speak.
alt of speak
“Spick Italiano?” he asked. “No.” “Spick Français?” “Oui,” said Dick, glowering.
1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Malcolm Cowley, Tender is the Night […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 243: