WICKED
Meanings:
- Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a
two-wicked lamp.
- Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
- Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
- Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish
- Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
- Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
- Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish
- Slang used as an adjective to describe something that’s
good and cool – ‘hey that car is wicked’
History:
1225-1275 From the Middle English word ‘Wikked’ meaning bad. Old English word ‘Wicca’ meaning Wizard or Witch.
Use:
Old Book Uses – Used in the bible ‘The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit
the earth’
New Book Uses- Modern children’s books like ‘Totally Wicked’
Wicked – Musical
started in 2003. Reprise to The Wizard of Oz. About the Wicked Witch of the
West.
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