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a combining form meaning “image,” “likeness,” used in the formation of compound words: iconology.

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Also especially before a vowel, icon-.

Origin of icono-

<Latin <Greek eikono-, combining form of eikṓnicon

Words nearby icono-

icky, icon, iconic, iconic memory, Iconium, icono-, iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconographic, iconography

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British Dictionary definitions for icono-

icono-

before a vowel icon-

combining form

indicating an image or likenessiconology

Word Origin for icono-

from Greek: icon

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