Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kicksy-wicksy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kicksy-wicksy
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Restless, fidgety.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"This kicksy wincy Giddibrain will spoil all. I’le no more Italian tricks."
"True, she had her “kicksy-wicksy” days, as Sarell has said: days when it was “clear torment for her to lay still and keep herself out o’ things that she knew she could straighten out if she was only round amongst ’em”; […]"
"It seems to me an ungrateful return for the favour of Providence to begin a gadding, kicksy-wicksy life the moment you have a little money in your pocket, as much as to say how wretched you had been before!"

Etymology

From kick + -sy and either wince or reduplication.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more kicksy-wicksy (comparative) most kicksy-wicksy (superlative) kicksy-winsey (alternative)

Questions

What does kicksy-wicksy mean?: Restless, fidgety.
Where does kicksy-wicksy come from?: From kick + -sy and either wince or reduplication.

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