icicle

Icicles descending from a tree branch

Meaning

Noun

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

Origin

From Middle English isykle, isikel, equivalent to . Cognate with Saterland Frisian Iesjuukel, German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel, Norwegian isjukel and Elfdalian aisikkel.

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