Dick

See also: dick

English

Etymology

Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭk, IPA^(key): /dɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Homophone: dick

Proper noun

Dick

1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
   • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:

     Lascivious Edward, and thou perjur'd George,/ And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all,

   • 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::

     You may know what one man thinks of another by his manner of calling him. Thomas and James and Richard and William are stupid young gentlemen; Tom and Jem and Dick and Will are fine spirited fellows.

2. A surname transferred from the given name.

Derived terms

• clever dick
• Deadeye Dick
• Dickey
• Dickie
• Dick Johnson (township)
• Dick's hatband
• Dicky
• hopping Dick
• little Dick, little Dick Fisher
• Tom, Dick or Harry
• Tricky Dick

 

Related terms

• Hick
• Rick

Anagrams

• CDKI, cdki

Swedish

Etymology

From English Dick.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Dick c (genitive Dicks)

1. a male given name