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iciclen. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German īsjȫkel , Old Swedish isikil , Danish regional isegel < the Germanic base of ice n. + the Germanic base of ickle n. The forms in other Germanic languages show an attributive compound, as shown in English by the γ. and δ. forms and (with loss of the initial semivowel of the second element) by the β. forms and also (with different phonetic development of the semivowel in combination with /s/) in the ε. and ζ. forms. In Old English found only with the first element in the genitive (see discussion below). The stem vowel of the second element in the δ. , ε. , and ζ. forms is not easily explicable from the forms attested for ickle n. in Old English, and probably reflects influence from another Germanic language (probably early Scandinavian) either directly on the compound or on the simplex ickle n.: compare (rare and late) β. forms at ickle n., and see forms from other Germanic languages cited at that entry. The selection of the spelling icicle in modern use probably partly reflects association with words in -cle suffix (compare article n., canticle n., etc.).In Old English only in one isolated attestation (see quot. OE at sense 1aα. ), as a genitive compound or (alternatively) a genitive phrase, with the second element showing a strong (as opposed to a weak) noun (compare discussion at ickle n.). The later α. forms could perhaps show a development from such a form, or could show a development from the β. forms, perhaps partly motivated by folk-etymological association with sickle n. The initial semivowel of the second element was phonologically lost in Middle English between s and e in e.g. isekel at β. forms (with the stem vowel of the second element compare Old English (Mercian) gecil- ); for the parallel loss of the semivowel before i in forms such as ysikel at β. forms see discussion at ickle n. With ε. forms compare shockle n., and also the following English regional forms: the shortened form ice-shogg (1876), and the derivative forms (compare -ing suffix3) ice-shoglin (1855), ice-shogglin (1898), ice-shoggling (1876), all recorded from Yorkshire. 1. the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > icicle α. OE (2011) 56 Stiria, Stillicidia, ises gicel. ?1518 A. Barclay sig. Aiij The longe yse sycles, at the hewsys honge. 1598 J. Florio Ghiacciuoli, ise-sickles, dropping ises. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne iii. 155 Congealed..into ise-sickels. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave (new ed.) Ice-seekles, gouttes gelees. 1794 Nov. 662 At Spitzbergen, the atmosphere, in summer, is perpetually depositing its moisture in the form of small icesicles, or rather hoar-frost. 1847 E. D. Smith Diary 9 Nov. in K. L. Holmes (1995) 141 It is very cold the icesickles are hanging from our wagon beds. 2006 (Nexis) 31 Dec. 41 The winter woods offer up subtle sounds: the creaking of branches, the falling of icesickles or the sound of a chickadee off in the distance. the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person 1648 R. Herrick sig. Yv Shall I go to Love and tell, Thou art all turn'd isicle? 1785 (new ed.) iii. 38 How happy is the allusion to Mr. Drake's well-known speech, which in the metaphor of our poet, we may stile, a beautiful icicle of the most transparent eloquence! 1812 Let. 2 June in (1898) 22 Jan. 6/1 I hope you don't make yourself unhappy about her. She is really an icicle. 1897 Dec. 668/2 The stranger laid the long, cool, wet leaf softly across the young man's eyes. An icicle of pain darted through them. 1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ 9 Jan. (2008) V. 9 This awful writing is frozen writing, Brett. I am writing with two icicles for fingers. 1952 A. White i. viii. 87 What a ruddy little icicle! You'll never get on in the theatre if you're so stand-offish. 2000 M. Albo 82 Either he and his stern icicle boyfriend are fighting, or they have an open relationship. the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > pointed object or part 1644 K. Digby i. xxv. 228 Alume falleth downe in lumpes, saltpeter in long ycickles. 1672 N. Grew Let. 12 Mar. in H. Oldenburg (1971) VIII. 589 Nitre is formed, as is commonly known, into long cylindrical shoots..resembling, though not perfectly, ye several poynts of each starry Icicle of Snow. 1704 J. Harris I The Icicles of Urine. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli II. vi. 300 Iuices are mostly concreted into Globules or Icicles. 1740 H. Bracken (ed. 2) II. vi. 242 The Icicles of Nitre, if I may so call them. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stiria > stalagmite or stalactite 1695 J. Woodward 178 The Sparry Stiriæ, or Iceycles called Stalactitæ: the Native Saline Iceycles, or Sal Stalacticum. 1792 Nov. Some of these stony isicles have at length reached the bottom of the cave. 1839 VII. 172/2 Further up the cavern is a large suspended icicle or stalactite, denominated The Flitch of Bacon. 1860 D. C. Eddy vi. 83 The crystalline forms, the hanging icicles of stone, the pillars huge and massive, of all colors, shades, and hues, made them feel..as if they had never seen any thing so beautiful. 1925 Apr. 563/1 Intricate passages, frosted with stalactites glittering in the glare of the flashlights like icicles of rock, stretched away on all sides. 2002 B. Napier xxxiv. 283 Petrie..found himself looking down into a vast natural cathedral with flowstones, fountains and millions of stone icicles, frozen in brown, white and orange limestones. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [noun] > other miscellaneous representations 1796 D. Lysons IV. 213/2 Az. three icicles in bend O.—Harbottle. 1809 T. Jones II. i. 47 Arms, Bleddin ap Maenarch, over all, on an escutcheon of pretence, three icicles or air bottles, in bend Herbert, otherwise Harbottle. 1904 A. C. Fox-Davies x. 54/2 For drops of gold, ‘gutté-d'or’; silver, ‘gutté-d'eau’ (when borne as a charge it is generally termed an icicle). 2004 D. Richardson 375 Harbottle arms: Azure, three icicles bendways or. Derivatives 1790 (Leverian Mus.) 80 Most of the icicle-like Spars are thus hollow at the beginning of their formation. 1849–52 IV. ii. 1189/1 Descending..in icicle-like projections. 1957 July 86/2 Its bending roofline is embellished with iciclelike wooden scallops. 2007 T. Friend v. 131 Consider 30-foot-long icicle-like growths, known as rusticles, dangling from the sides of the ship's bow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.OE |
