You can make 4 words from sic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of sic
sic isc sci csi ics cis
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sic. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sic.
Definitions and meaning of sic
sic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sɪk/
Rhymes: -ɪk
Homophones: sick, Sikh (one pronunciation)
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latinsīc(“thus, so”).
Adverb
sic (not comparable)
Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.
Usage notes
Sic is frequently used to indicate that an error or apparent error of spelling, grammar, or logic has been quoted faithfully; for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution:
The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker ...
Sic is often set off from surrounding text by parentheses or brackets, which sometimes enclose additional notes, as:
Because it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.
Related terms
sic pro(used to note the error and supply the supposed intended phrasing)
sic passim(used to indicate that the preceding word, phrase, or term is used in the same manner (or form) throughout the remainder of a text)
sic transit gloria mundi(fame is temporary; lit. “so passes the glory of the world”)
sic semper tyrannis(“thus always to tyrants”, and shouted by John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln)
Translations
Verb
sic (third-person singular simple presentsics, present participlesiccing, simple past and past participlesicced)
To mark with a bracketed sic.
Etymology 2
Variant of seek.
Alternative forms
sick
sicc
Verb
sic (third-person singular simple presentsics, present participlesiccing, simple past and past participlesicced)
(transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
(transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
Usage notes
The sense of “set upon” is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.
Sic is frequently used to indicate that an error or apparent error of spelling, grammar, or logic has been quoted faithfully. In Flanders, it is also used to quote derogatory terms in a formal context.
‘Ik heb begrepen dat ik “geoordeeld” (sic) zal worden door de geschiedenis, ik veronderstel dat we dat allemaal ooit zullen ondergaan.’
- French-speaking journalist Alexandre Penasse is quoted by newspaper De Standaard making a mistake against the Dutch language, as it is clear from the context that he meant “veroordeeld”. 19/02/2022.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinsīc(“thus, so”). Doublet of si.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sik/
Adverb
sic
sic(thus)
Usage notes
Same usage notes as in English apply.
Further reading
“sic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Alternative forms
sīce(non-apocopated)
seic(standard in Republican spelling)
seice
Etymology
Regular apocope of sīce, from sī + -ce, from Proto-Indo-European*só(“this, that”) and Proto-Indo-European*ḱe-(“demonstrative particle”). See also components for cognates.
(with restrictive or conditional force, also with ut or nē)
in such a (good or bad) way, like that, so much
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
sīcin(e)(“intensified interrogative sīc”)
sīcut(i)(“as”)
sīc trānsit glōria mundī
sīc semper tyrannīs
ut sīc dīcam(“so to speak”)
Related terms
Descendants
References
“sic”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sic”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sic in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
sic in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: sic
Adverb
sic (not comparable)
sic(used to indicate that a quoted word has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinsic.
Adverb
sic
sic
Scots
Alternative forms
sich
Etymology
From Middle Englishsich, from Old Englishswelc.
Adjective
sic (not comparable)
such
Pronoun
sic
such
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
zȉc
Etymology
From Upper GermanSitz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sît͡s/
Noun
sȉcm (Cyrillic spellingси̏ц)
(dialectal) seat (of a vehicle)
Synonym:sjȅdalo
Further reading
“sic” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsik/[ˈsik]
Rhymes: -ik
Syllabification: sic
Adverb
sic
sic(thus; as written)
Further reading
“sic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014