The Latin adverb sic inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling, punctuation or grammar.

What is the meaning of sic in writing?

Some style guides insist on italicizing sic even when it's inside square brackets. Sic comes into English from the Latin word for so or thus. It is an abbreviation for sic erat scriptum (“thus it had been written”).

What does sic stand for in a sentence?

Sic—What Does It Mean? The sic you see in quoted text marks a spelling or grammatical error. It means that the text was quoted verbatim, and the mistake it marks appears in the source. It's actually a Latin word that means “so” or “thus.”