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☆ icky (ik′ē)

adjective ickier ick′i·er, ickiest ick′i·est

  1. unpleasantly sticky or gluey
  2. cloyingly sweet or sentimental
  3. very distasteful; disgusting

Etymology: baby talk, short for sticky

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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