wicked

Etymology 1
From, , an alteration of ,. Of origin. Possibly from an adjectival use of, from , from , though the phonology makes this theory difficult to explain. Alternatively, perhaps related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Evil or mischievous by nature.
 * 2)  Excellent; awesome; masterful.
 * 3) Harsh; severe.
 * 1)  Excellent; awesome; masterful.
 * 2) Harsh; severe.
 * 1)  Excellent; awesome; masterful.
 * 2) Harsh; severe.
 * 1) Harsh; severe.
 * 1) Harsh; severe.
 * 1) Harsh; severe.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: شرير
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: payter
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Coptic: ϩⲟⲟⲩ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: syndig
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: malafabla, pekema
 * Finnish:, , , pahanilkinen
 * French:
 * Friulian: cjâtif, trist
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πονηρός, ἀλιτρός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese:, 意地悪い,
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: зло́бен, зол, по́рочен
 * Maore Comorian: -a peu, -ovu
 * Maori:, kikino
 * Ngazidja Comorian: -a peu
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: bees, iebel, gottlooss
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: olc, meallta
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: -baya
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tachawit:
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: yolo
 * Tok Pisin: nogut
 * Turkish: ,
 * West Frisian: glûpsk
 * Yiddish: שלעכט


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fedt
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Macedonian: јак
 * Portuguese:, , muito louco
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:


 * German:, , , ,

Adverb

 * 1)  Very, extremely.

Usage notes
Use of "wicked" as an adjective (in the sense of "extreme, awesome") rather than an intensifying adverb ("extremely, very") is sometimes considered an error when it is used to suggest a Boston or Northeast dialect. In fact, this is not necessarily true in the case of Bostonians born in the 1960s and 70s (and perhaps later) or in other New England dialects. "That's a wicked car" is perhaps used mostly by older Bostonians, but "that car's wicked" and especially "(that's) wicked!" (in the sense of "fantastic, awesome, great") are common in Boston.

What is or was special to Boston and the Northeast is usage as an adverb and an adjective, not usage only as an adverb. However, the Merriam-Webster and American Heritage dictionaries no longer label the adverbial usage a regionalism.

Translations

 * Czech: děsně
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
See.

Adjective

 * 1) Having a wick.

Etymology 3
See.

Adjective

 * 1)  Active; brisk.
 * 2)  Infested with maggots.
 * , as applying to inanimate objects only.

Etymology
From.