English Explanatory Dictionary

-icle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Alternative form of -sicle.
suffix
  1. Used to form diminutive nouns.

Word forms

-icle -culus -culum -cule -ule -ole

Etymology

From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.

Synonyms

-cule -ee -el -et -ette -ie -kin -le -let -ling -ole -ule -y mini- micro- nano-

Derived words

fascicle
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