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Word: Icon
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘simile’): via Latin from Greek eikōn ‘likeness, image’. Current senses date from the mid 19th century onwards
ˈʌɪkɒn
ˈʌɪkən
a devotional painting of Christ or another holy figure, typically executed on wood and used ceremonially in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.
Short Definition:painting of Christ or other holy figure
a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration
Short Definition:person seen as representative symbol
Examples:- this iron-jawed icon of American manhood
a symbol or graphic representation on a screen of a program, option, or window.
Short Definition:symbol on computer screen
a sign which has a characteristic in common with the thing it signifies, for example the word snarl pronounced in a snarling way.
Short Definition:sign having characteristic in common with thing signified
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