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What is the adjective for wick?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb wick which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

wick
wicklike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wick.
wicke
  1. Obsolete form of wicked.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Lothar Wicke, has been placed under police protection after he received an anonymous threat.”
      Wicke, water system operations manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, said the problem is the result of pipeline repairs and an algae bloom.”
wickless
  1. That does not have a wick.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It may be burned in a wickless lamp, provided a proper cap-burner be employed.”
      “As wickless oil stoves are now in successful use the wickless lamp may be expected to follow.”
      “And unlike Al Gore, she knows how to apply makeup so that she doesn't look like a big, orange, waxy, wickless candle.”
wickest
wicked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of wick
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These wicked acts are performed in darkness, and the wicked avoids the light of day.”
      “One can only shudder at the darkness that will befall us all under the wicked witch's command.”
      “Han was upset at the wicked smell after jumping down the garbage chute and blamed Leia for their predicament.”
wicking
  1. present participle of wick
  2. Synonyms:
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