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Meaning of sickerness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. the state, condition, or quality of being certain; certainty; assurance.
    obsolete, uncountable
  2. security; safety; freedom from danger.
    archaic, uncountable

Examples

“Lightly she leaped, as a wight forlore, / From her dull horse, in desperate distresse, / And to her feet betooke her doubtfull sickernesse.”
“Comprehending the world casual and transitory, Who list to consider shall never be beguiled, If it be regist'red well in memory; A plain example of worldly vainglory: How in this world there is no sickerness, But fallible flattery enmixed with bitterness.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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