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icicle definition

ici·cle (ī′sik′əl, -sə kəl)

noun

a tapering, pointed, hanging piece of ice, formed by the freezing of dripping or falling water

Etymology: 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

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