-icle

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

-icle

  1. (rare) Alternative form of -sicle
    brinicle, limicle, rusticle, snoticle

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).

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Suffix[edit]

-icle

  1. (uncommon, diminutive) Used to form diminutive nouns.
    ‎thesis + ‎-icle → ‎thesicle
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