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The Meaning of Wicked in Old English
Wicked comes from an Old English noun wickah, meaning wizard. The feminine form of this word is the source of our word witch. Another example of E.D. turning an adjective into a longer adjectives is wretched. Nakod wasn't derived from an existing noun or verb or even an existing adjective.
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