sice

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sice. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sice, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sice in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sice you have here. The definition of the word sice will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsice, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: sicé

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

sice (plural sices)

  1. Alternative spelling of sais

Etymology 2

From Middle English sice or sis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French sis, sies. Doublet of six.

Alternative forms

Noun

sice (plural sices)

  1. (dice games, obsolete) The number six in a game of dice.
    • 1680, Thomas Godwyn, Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta, page 112:
      In their common game, the most fortunate throw is thought to have been three Sices […]
Coordinate terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: サイス (saisu)
Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

sice (third-person singular simple present sices, present participle sicing, simple past and past participle siced)

  1. (District of Columbia, slang) To excite.
    • 2001, Robert L. Anderson, Finding Salliq:
      He was siced about going, and I could tell he seemed to be especially pressed about having a sidekick. And, best of all, admission was free with the passes he'd copped from some honey he met at lunch.
    • 2010 May 9, SaulReel, "I'm Siced" (song), in the video "SaulReel In Studio Performance Of I'm Siced" :
      sice me up and now you're feeling so excited I'm siced
    • 2012, Eyone Williams, Secrets Never Die, DC Bookdiva Publications:
      "I got Jasmine's Range out the shop. It's just like new. I'ma let you hold it, okay?" A smile big as Texas spread across my face. I was siced like shit!
    • 2014 November 6, Tom Bayly, Coffee and a Cool Breeze: A Summer Journal, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
      [I'm] siced to not be at work and about to head out on a road trip. […] […] siced: Siced is one of my all-time favorite words. It means excited or happy about, or that you like something. You can be siced for something, you can sice something, or, you can just be siced as a general matter. I'm pretty sure siced is a local word. […] I've also seen it spelled syced, cised, ciced, sysed, and cysed.

Anagrams

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sice, sic, from Proto-Slavic *sice.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sice

  1. admittedly
    sice... ale ― albeit...however
    Cesta byla sice hezká, ale příliš namáhavá. ― The trip was nice, but too exhausting.

Further reading

  • “sice”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “sice”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “sice”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

sīce

  1. inflection of sīcan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

sice

  1. inflection of sīcan:
    1. second-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia