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"A broken string was not an option. It was wicked cold."
YO-YO MA, on his play-along-with-the-music performance at the inauguration.
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Generations of readers were frightened and delighted by the story of
Snow White, terrorized by her wicked, jealous stepmother.
Production of the legendary Boeing 747 has ended 54 years after the first model's maiden flight. Have you ever taken a flight on a jumbo jet?
fair (BEAUTIFUL) Show phonetics
adjective OLD USE
(of a woman) beautiful:
a fair maiden
fairness Show phonetics
noun [U] OLD USE
beauty
wicked (BAD) Show phonetics
adjective OLD-FASHIONED
1 morally wrong and bad:
It was a wicked thing to do.
Of course, in the end, the wicked witch gets killed.
Compare evil; naughty (BADLY BEHAVED).
2 slightly immoral or bad for you, but in an attractive way:
a wicked grin
a wicked sense of humour
See also fairness at fair (RIGHT).
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