sice meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

sice

noun

/ˈsaɪs/

Etymology From Middle English sys, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French sis, sies. Doublet of six.

Dice, Games Obsolete The number six in a game of dice.

In their common game, the most fortunate throw is thought to have been three Sices[…]1680, Thomas Godwyn, Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta, page 112:

verb

Slang To excite.

District of Columbia

He was siced about going, and I could tell he seemed to be especially pressed about having a sidekick. And, best of all, admission was free with the passes he'd copped from some honey he met at lunch.2001, Robert L. Anderson, Finding Salliq:
sice me up … and now you're feeling so excited … I'm siced2010 May 9, SaulReel, "I'm Siced" (song), in the video "SaulReel In Studio Performance Of I'm Siced" [rhymed with riced]

2 more examples

"I got Jasmine's Range out the shop. It's just like new. I'ma let you hold it, okay?" A smile big as Texas spread across my face. I was siced like shit!2012, Eyone Williams, Secrets Never Die, DC Bookdiva Publications:
[I'm] siced to not be at work and about to head out on a road trip. […] […] siced: Siced is one of my all-time favorite words. It means excited or happy about, or that you like something. You can be siced for something, you can sice something, or, you can just be siced as a general matter. I'm pretty sure siced is a local word. […] I've also seen it spelled syced, cised, ciced, sysed, and cysed.2014 November 6, Tom Bayly, Coffee and a Cool Breeze: A Summer Journal, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN: