sic
Pronunciation: /sik/
“sic” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
adverb
In French
- Tel que cela a été dit ou écrit, sans modification, aussi étrange ou incorrect que cela paraisse. Il s’utilise le plus souvent en italique et entre crochets pour confirmer l’exactitude de la citation d’un texte, même dans le cas d’une erreur manifeste, d’une faute de langue ou de propos choquants.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sīc (“thus, so”). Doublet of si.
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