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icky
1. If you describe something as icky, you mean that it is too emotional or sentimental. (mainly AM INFORMAL) They’ve even got one of those icky photos of themselves on the bedside table. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you describe a substance as icky, you mean that it is disgustingly sticky. (mainly AM INFORMAL) She could feel something icky on her fingers. ADJ
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1.
adjective (ickier; -est) Etymology: perhaps baby talk alteration of st~ Date: 1929 offensive to the senses or sensibilities ; distasteful put off by her ~ triteness — Renata Adler • ickiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. (also ikky) colloq. 1 sweet, sticky, sickly. 2 (as a general term of disapproval) nasty, repulsive. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
~ adj informal very unpleasant, especially to look at, taste, or feel (Those dumplings look really icky!) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
4.
- 1935, Amer.Eng., jazz slang, probably from icky-boo (c.1920) "sickly, nauseated," probably baby talk elaboration of sick. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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