adv
sic
sihk
adv
1
Used in brackets after a quoted word to show it is copied exactly as written, errors included.
"The sign read "no dog's [sic] allowed," quoting the original mistake."
verb
1
To urge an animal, especially a dog, to attack.
"She sicced her dog on the intruder."
How to Use Sic
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA bracketed note meaning "yes, that's really how the original said it" — or, as a verb, to set a dog loose on someone.
Common mistake
Always italicized and placed in square brackets, e.g. "[sic]," when marking a quoted error.
Word Forms
sicced past tense, sicced past tense, sics singular, sics singular
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The sign read "no dog's [_____] allowed," quoting the original mistake.
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin sic, meaning "thus, so."