Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A syllable used to express the sound of a hiccup, particularly in representing the speech of a drunken person as interrupted by this sound.
- n. A hiccup.
- To hiccup.
Wiktionary
- interj. An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.
Etymologies
- onomatopoeia (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Iam I'm gratias ago meus felicis astrum ut Conor non ut tenuis quisquam in hic quoniam coniecto quis?”
“The so-called hic-et-nunc *-i is never used in the negative mood eg: *h₁ésti "It is."/*ne h₁ést "It's not" - the secondary endings were thus by current definition tenseless.”
“I thought it was "hic", but the reference I consulted gave me "huc", so I went with it; if it's wrong, that's reassuring.”
“Lastly, I think you want "hic" instead of "huc" though since you didn't provide the English that you're trying to render, I can't be absolutely certain.”
“June 12th, 2008 8: 53 pm ET john mccain can, 'hic', veto mly beer whens he can pry it flom mly colold dead flingers. 'hic ”
“The "hic" I guess is being a dogooder without getting taken advantage of and being a mark for those who are just see a great opportunity.”
“The distich caused discussion regarding the quantity of "hic", but the pope defended the prosody of Voltaire who confirmed his opinion by a quotation from Virgil which he said ought to be the epitaph of”
“Noddy thought he did "hic;" but with the assistance of the sailors, the captain got on board, and went down into his cabin.”
“Somers was not a "hic;" but he was an impatient young man, and very anxious to be instructed in regard to his difficult and dangerous mission.”
“The only "hic" is that I would need to "declare" myself as an artist.”
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Ecce Romani
When in Rome...
salve, ecce, omnis, puella, puer, cannis, equis, domus, quae, postquam, vestemque, suam and 106 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
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Missale Romanum
Latin words from the ordinary of the Mass that do not have obvious English cognates. For a complete list of words used in the Traditional Latin Mass (the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite), see ...
lætíficat, dolóso, érue, incédo, dum, confitébor, contúrbas, spera, quóniam, adhuc, illi, vultus and 169 more...
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