spic
/ˈspɪk/
spic noun: synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
Noun
spic (plural spics)
- Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
- Synonym of Italian, an inhabitant of Italy or person of Italian descent.
- “He’s a spic” he said. He was frantic with jealousy, he didn’t want to be hurt again.1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Malcolm Cowley, Tender is the Night […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 236
- Synonyms:
- Italian
Synonyms of spic
Forms of spic
| plural | spics |
|---|---|
| alternative form | spick |
| alternative form | spik |
Origin of spic
First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generally taken to derive from a (stereotype of a) Hispanic pronunciation of "(no) speak d(e) English" (especially as used by the laborers who dug the Panama Canal). There are also later (1960s) suggestions that the term referred instead to Italians and derives from spaghetti, but there is little to back this up.
Words formed from spic
Phrases with spic
Words that rhyme with spic
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- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- squick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about spic
- What does spic mean?
- Spic means synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
- What part of speech is spic?
- Spic is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spic?
- Spic is pronounced /ˈspɪk/.
- What is the plural of spic?
- The plural of spic is spics.
Words near spic in the dictionary
Source and license
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