indice

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/ˈɪndɪs/

noun

index

OriginOld French indice ← Latin indicium →
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Meanings

nounindice (plural indices)

plural indices

  1. obsoleteindex
  2. obsoleteindication

    You know (without my flatt'ring you) too much / For me to be your indice

    a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinindicium
  2. Old Frenchindice
  3. Englishindice

From Old French indice, from Latin indicium, from index.

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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