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Wicked may refer to:

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Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Fiction and the arts

  • Wicked (novel), a novel by Gregory Maguire based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; full title: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
  • Wicked (musical), a Broadway and West End musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and based on the novel above
  • Wicked (film), a 1998 movie starring Julia Stiles.
  • "Wicked", one of Ice Cube's songs.

Wicked, or Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a parallel novel by Gregory Maguire. ... Wicked is a Tony award-winning American musical produced by Universal Pictures with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. ... Wicked is a 1998 movie starring Julia Stiles. ... OShea Jackson (born June 15, 1969) better known by his stage name, Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor and film director. ...

Language and slang

Etymology: Middle English, an alteration of wicke, ultimately from the Old English words wicca or sorcerer. In the age that the Bible was written, the British candle makers used to twist their wicks before they dipped them into the candle wax so the wax would adhere to the wick. Thus the term ‘wicked’ came to mean ‘twisted’ and in the King James Bible, being ‘wicked’ meant twisting what was righteous.[citation needed] Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the...

  • Wicked, pronounced with one syllable, is an adjective meaning "possessing a wick."
  • Slang term common in New England, Upstate New York and Maine, meaning "very" or "extremely". Example: "That was wicked cool"
  • Slang in the British Isles for "excellent" or "great." Example: "That's wicked!"

a mechanism, known as capillary action, to transport the fuel, typically melted candle wax, to the flame. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... The areas highlighted in YELLOW and GREEN are those which are considered to be a bona fide part of Upstate New York from the perspective of New York City. ... Official language(s) None (English and French de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-Western Europe. ...

Miscellaneous

  • Wicked Pictures, a producer of porn movies
  • Wicked problems, those which have incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements; and solutions to them are often difficult to recognize as such because of complex interdependencies

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