sic
adverb/sɪk/
/sɪk/
(from Latin)- written after a word that you have copied from somewhere, to show that you know that the word is wrongly spelled or wrong in some other way
- In the letter to parents it said: ‘The school is proud of it’s [sic] record of excellence’.
Word OriginLatin, literally ‘so, thus’.Definitions on the go
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