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icasm

icasm noun: imitative or figurative expression.

Noun

icasm (countable and uncountable, plural icasms)

  1. (rare) imitative or figurative expression

Forms of icasm

pluralicasms

Origin of icasm

From Ancient Greek εἴκασμα (eíkasma, “likeness”), from εἰκάζω (eikázō).

Questions about icasm

What does icasm mean?
Icasm means imitative or figurative expression.
What part of speech is icasm?
Icasm is a noun.
What is the plural of icasm?
The plural of icasm is icasms.

Words near icasm in the dictionary

  1. icarisides
  2. icaritin
  3. icarrin
  4. Icarus
  5. ICAS
  6. icasm
  7. icasms
  8. icastic
  9. icatibant
  10. ICB
  11. ICBM

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