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Ichabod

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1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Proper noun
1.3 Interjection

English

Etymology

Hebrew ichabod without honor; from Bible, son of Phinehas and grandson of the High Priest Eli.

Proper noun

Ichabod

  1. A male given name.
  2. (Fiction) A reference to Ichabod Crane, the victim in the short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.

Interjection

  1. An exclamation used when someone has acted without honor.
    Ichabod, felt Lord Emsworth, and was still in a disturbed state of mind, though gradually becoming soothed by listening to that sweetest of all music, the sound of the Empress restoring her tissues... -- P. G. Wodehouse, describing Lord Emsworth's feelings upon hearing his pig, the Empress of Blandings, described as "piggy-wiggy; from his book Pigs Have Wings

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