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-icle

suffix

Etymology

From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.

  1. derived from ġicel — “icicle, ice”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -sicle.

    • brinicle, limicle, rusticle, snoticle

  2. Used to form diminutive nouns.

    • thesis + -icle → thesicle

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA