sickee

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noun

A person who is unwell.

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Meanings

nounsickee (plural sickees)

plural sickees

  1. informalrareA person who is unwell.

    Stomach flu can come on quickly, and no one wants to be around a sickee.

    2019, Hadley Hoover, Botched Boundaries (LP), page 138
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    Messy, those poor sickees staggered around the ship, easily identifiable from their sponged-off shirts 86 blouses and ashen complexions.

    2007, Ramon Carver, Best and Worst Travels, page 2

    The main point is that once we view a person who is using drugs as being a “sickee,” we automatically fall into the trap of assuming and recommending treatment for him.

    2013, Stanley Einstein, Beyond Drugs, page 203

Origin

Perhaps sick + -ee; perhaps a variant of sickie.

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APA

sickee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickee

MLA

“sickee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sickee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickee.

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