Icicle Definition
īsĭ-kəl
icicles
noun
A tapering, pointed, hanging piece of ice, formed by the freezing of dripping or falling water.
Webster's New World
An aloof or emotionally unresponsive person.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Icicle
Noun
Singular:
icicle
Plural:
iciclesOrigin of Icicle
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From Middle English isykle, isikel, equivalent to ice + ickle. Cognate with Low German Isjäkel, Ishekel (“icicle”), Dutch ijskegel (“icicle”), Danish dialectal jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”). More at ice, ickle.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English isikel is ice ice ikel icicle (from Old English gicel yeg- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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