is there a word sounding like 'vee-kus', meaning 'dudes'?

Don't know one but the word 'dude' originated in the 19th century as America slang for a well dressed person, perhaps out of place. The word possible comes from 'Yankee Doodle Dandy', short for 'doodle' as this character was always depicted as vastly overdressed. Or it could be from the Scorttish word 'duddies' meaning clothes and in Britain we say 'he's wearing his best duds'....Show more