ickle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġiċel (“icicle, ice”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), diminutive of *jekô (“lump of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yeg-. Cognate with Low German Jäkel (“icicle”), Danish egel (“icicle”), Norwegian jøkel (“glacier, icesheet”), Icelandic jökull (“glacier”), Swedish jökel (“glacier”) and probably Albanian akull (“ice”) (Gheg okull).

Alternative forms

• eckle

Noun

ickle (plural ickles)

1. (dialectal) An icicle.

Derived terms

• icicle

Etymology 2

Childish pronunciation of little.

Adjective

ickle (comparative ickler, superlative icklest)

1. (childish) Little. [from mid-19th C.]

Anagrams

• Elick