icicle

[ ahy-si-kuh l ]

/ ˈaɪ sɪ kəl /

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noun

a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.

a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.

a cold, unemotional person.

Origin of icicle

before 1000; Middle English isikel, Old English īsgicel, equivalent to īs ice + gicel icicle; akin to Old Norse jǫkul mass of ice, glacier

OTHER WORDS FROM icicle

i·ci·cled, adjective

Words nearby icicle

ichthyosis uteri, ichthyosis vulgaris, ichthyotic, ichthyotoxism, ici, icicle, icily, iciness, icing, icing on the cake, icing sugar

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Is stabbing someone with an icicle really the perfect crime?

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The coldness of his body through the bag jolts me like an icicle through my heart.

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I do not think that, in order to be a great man, you have got to be as cold as an icicle.

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But I was grateful, that, after all, our own dear Doctor Mac had not been metamorphosed into an ogre with icicle eyes.

Mavis of Green Hill |Faith Baldwin

Chaste as the icicle / That's curded by the frost from purest snow, / And hangs on Dian's temple.

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She lifted a hand that felt like an icicle and slipped it into his.

The Odds |Ethel M. Dell
I was almost frozen in bed last night; and Annie like an icicle.

Lorna Doone |R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for icicle

icicle

/ (ˈaɪsɪkəl) /

noun

a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

Derived forms of icicle

icicled, adjective

Word Origin for icicle

C14: from ice + ickel, from Old English gicel icicle, related to Old Norse jökull large piece of ice, glacier

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