Icicular

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, bearing, or resembling icicles. not-comparable, rare

    "[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."

Example

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"[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."

Etymology

From icicle + -ar.

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