swikeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /swaɪk/
• 韻: -aɪk

動詞

swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray.

   Synonyms: double-cross, sell out, stab in the back; see also Thesaurus:betray

2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, cease.

   Synonyms: desist, halt; see also Thesaurus:stop

形容詞

swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous.

   Synonyms: guiled, perfidious, trothless; see also Thesaurus:deceptive, Thesaurus:treacherous

名詞

swike (plural swikes)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.

   Synonyms: perfidy, prodition, traitory; see also Thesaurus:betrayal

2. (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.

   Synonyms: rat, renegade, treasonist; see also Thesaurus:betrayer

   • 1848, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Harold, the Last of the Saxons:

     The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.

3. (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.

アナグラム

• Weiks, Wikes, kwise