indicium

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UK/ɪnˈdɪʃɪəm/UK/ɪnˈdɪsɪəm/

noun

An indication; a sign.

OriginLatin indicium →
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Meanings

nounindicium (plural indicia or indiciums)

plural indicia · plural indiciums

  1. An indication; a sign.

    that dim continuum cannot be as sensually groped for, tasted, harkened to, as Veen's Hollow between rhythmic beats; but it shares with it one remarkable indicium: the immobility of perceptual Time.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 431

Origin

  1. Latinindicium
  2. Englishindicium

From Latin indicium.

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APA

indicium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicium

MLA

“indicium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicium. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indicium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicium.

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