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English
Etymology
Anglicisation of Latin stillicidium.
Pronunciation
Noun
stillicide (countable and uncountable, plural stillicides)
- Water falling in drops, especially in a row from the eaves of a roof, or from icicles or stalactites.
1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:Whatever in my field of vision dwelt – / An indoor scene, hickory leaves, the svelte / Stilettos of a frozen stillicide – / Was printed on my eyelids' nether side / Where it would tarry for an hour or two, / And while this lasted all I had to do / Was close my eyes to reproduce the leaves, / Or indoor scene, or trophies of the eaves.
- (law, historical, uncountable) Synonym of stillicidium
- A clause written into a land agreement that prohibits the tennant from building so close to the boundary that it would cause the water dripping from the eaves to fall on the neighbouring property.
- The ground onto which the dripping water from the eaves falls. In this sense it means the same as eavesdrop or eavesdrip.