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lickle

/lɪkəl/

lickle is the alternative form of little.

Meaning of little

Adjective

little (comparative littler or lesser, superlative littlest or least)

  1. Small, not large, limited, particularly
    • Not that she cared twopence for the enormous sum, really, now that concord was established! No, her little flutters of honest remorse were constantly disappearing in the immense exultant joy of being alive and of contemplating her idol.1914, Arnold Bennett, The Price of Love, Harper & Brothers, page 418
  2. Small, limited in size.
    • This is a little table.
  3. Short, limited in extent.
    • It’s only a little ways now.
  4. Brief, limited in duration.
    • I always feel better after a little sleep.
  5. Young, limited in growth.
    • Where's the little boys' room?
  6. (especially) Younger, regardless of size or height.
    • You may be an Olympic weightlifter but you're still my little sister.

See all 26 meanings of little

Forms of lickle

Adverb
comparativemore lickle
superlativemost lickle
Noun
plurallickles

Origin of lickle

Variant form of little. First attested in the 16th century. Compare ickle and likkle.

Questions about lickle

What is lickle the alternative form of?
Lickle is the alternative form of little.
How do you pronounce lickle?
Lickle is pronounced /lɪkəl/.

Words near lickle in the dictionary

  1. licking up
  2. lickings
  3. lickity
  4. lickjob
  5. lickjobs
  6. lickle
  7. lickometer
  8. lickometered
  9. lickometers
  10. Lickorish
  11. Lickorish-Wallace theorem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lickle (page history and authors); little (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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