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icicular

icicular adjective: of, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles.

Adjective

icicular (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles.
    • [T]hese curious masses of rock […] beset with a row of icicular concretions formed by the dripping of the mineral water that flows over these masses, in a very thinly expanded sheet.1826, John Miers, Travels in Chile and La Plata, volume 1, page 309

Origin of icicular

From icicle + -ar.

Questions about icicular

What does icicular mean?
Icicular means of, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles.
What part of speech is icicular?
Icicular is an adjective.

Words near icicular in the dictionary

  1. icicle plants
  2. icicle radish
  3. icicle radishes
  4. icicled
  5. icicles
  6. icicular
  7. icier
  8. iciest
  9. icilin
  10. icily
  11. iciness

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