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DICK (1)

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: DIK   [key]

Medieval diminutive of RICHARD. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the trilled Norman R was pronounced by the English.
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(see also DICK (2))

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