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ickle

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ?i?el (icicle, ice), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (piece of ice), diminutive of *jekô (lump of ice), from Proto-Indo-European *h?yeg-. 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

  • Celik, Elick, Leick

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wittle

English

Etymology

Childish mispronunciation of little.

Adjective

wittle (comparative more wittle, superlative most wittle)

  1. (childish, nonstandard) Little.
    • 2005, Linda Darling-Hammond, John Bransford, Preparing teachers for a changing world
      Give wittle Bear a wittle hug.

Synonyms

  • ickle

Translations

Verb

wittle

  1. Misspelling of whittle.

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