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Definition of Icenian in English: Icenian(also Icenaean) noun ʌɪˈsiːnɪən 2Geology. The Icenian stage; the strata collectively dating from this time. Now rare.
adjective ʌɪˈsiːnɪən 1Of or relating to the Iceni; belonging to the Iceni. 2Geology. Designating a stage of the early Pleistocene series (originally regarded as late Pliocene), exemplified by deposits of sand, clay, etc., in East Anglia; of or relating to this stage.
OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Grenewey (fl. 1598), translator. From the name of the Iceni + -ian. Definition of Icenian in US English: Icenian(also Icenaean) nounʌɪˈsiːnɪən 2Geology. The Icenian stage; the strata collectively dating from this time. Now rare.
adjectiveʌɪˈsiːnɪən 1Of or relating to the Iceni; belonging to the Iceni. 2Geology. Designating a stage of the early Pleistocene series (originally regarded as late Pliocene), exemplified by deposits of sand, clay, etc., in East Anglia; of or relating to this stage.
OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Grenewey (fl. 1598), translator. From the name of the Iceni + -ian. |