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isicle

isicle is the obsolete form of icicle.

Meaning of icicle

Noun

icicle (plural icicles)

  1. A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
    • Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, / To whom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, / Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue whoſe blood is...c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of isicle

pluralisicles

Questions about isicle

What is isicle the obsolete form of?
Isicle is the obsolete form of icicle.

Words near isicle in the dictionary

  1. ISIC
  2. Isicamtho
  3. isicathamiya
  4. isicholo
  5. isicholos
  6. isicle
  7. isicles
  8. isicoco
  9. isicocos
  10. ISICs
  11. isidia

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