icicular

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles.

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Meanings

adjectiveicicular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareOf, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles.

    [T]hese curious masses of rock […] beset with a row of icicular concretions formed by the dripping of the mineral water that flows over these masses, in a very thinly expanded sheet.

    1826, John Miers, Travels in Chile and La Plata, volume 1, page 309

Origin

From icicle + -ar.

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APA

icicular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icicular

MLA

“icicular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icicular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “icicular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icicular.

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