Sic

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Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Etymology 3 Homophones 4 Adverb 4.1 Example 5 Transitive verb

Pronunciation

• AHD: sĭk
• IPA: /sɪk/
• SAMPA: /sIk/

Etymology

from the Latin sic, meaning thus or so.

Homophones

• sick

Adverb

sic

1. thus; thus written

   Used in quoted material (usually between brackets, "[]") to indicate that a previous phrase or word was quoted as it was in the source, despite the fact that it contains an error, often a grammatical error. Sic is also used following a word or phrase that contains an intentional error.

Example

There is a software package for checking the spelling of URL's sent to the Apache webserver whose name is intentionally humorously mispelled [sic]. The manual sometimes refers to it as "mod_speling (sic)" to emphasize there is no mistake in the documentation.

Transitive verb

sic (sicced)

1. To incite an attack, especially by dogs.