A surname from German.

plural of Wicke

plural of lamp-wick

(literally) Eternal torment in hell awaits sinners. / (humorous) People who are wicked must work harder than normal people.

(mathematics) A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.

(idiomatic) An abusive, vulgar, nasty, or otherwise objectionable manner of speaking.

(US, New England, slang) Outstanding; awesome

plural of wicked problem

(social planning) A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.

Synonym of no rest for the wicked