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icicle
(ī′sik′əl, -sə kəl)
noun
a tapering, pointed, hanging piece of ice, formed by the freezing of dripping or falling water
Origin: ME isikel < OE *īsgicel (akin to ON isjökull) < īs, ice + gicel, piece of ice, icicle (Brit dial. ickle), akin to ON jökull, icicle, glacier, jaki, lump of ice < IE base *yeg-, ice > MIr aig, Welsh iā, ice, Cornish yeyn, cold
Related Forms:
- icicled adjective
See icicle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A tapering spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping or falling water.
- Informal An aloof or emotionally unresponsive person.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English isikel
Origin: : is, ice; see ice
Origin: + ikel, icicle (from Old English gicel; see yeg- in Indo-European roots)
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