icon

Main Entry:: icon
Variant(s):: also ikon \ˈī-ˌkän\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Latin, from Greek eikōn, from eikenai to resemble
Date:: 1572

1: a usually pictorial representation : image2 [Late Greek eikōn, from Greek] : a conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians3: an object of uncritical devotion : idol4: emblem , symbol <the house became an icon of 1960's residential architecture — Paul Goldberger>5 a: a sign (as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning b: a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that usually suggests the type of object represented or the purpose of an available function

— icon·ic

\ī-ˈkä-nik\ adjective

— icon·i·cal·ly

\-ni-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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