Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon:calyclen.
Etymology: Variant of calyclen.; compare -culesuffix.Compare French calicule (1579 in Middle French in Rabelais).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcalycule.
= calyclen.
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