Ichabod

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.4 Interjection

English

Etymology

Hebrew l-kavod ‘without honor’; alluding to 1 Samuel 4:21, where Eli’s daughter-in-law names her child Ichabod, saying ‘The glory is departed from Israel.’

Pronunciation

IPA: /'ɪkəbɒd/

Proper noun

Ichabod

1. (archaic) A male given name.

Interjection

ichabod

1. expressing regret at a loss of former glory or high standards

   • 1950: Except for the library, the eastern wing, from the Tower of Flints onwards, was now but a procession of forgotten and desolate relics, an Ichabod of masonry that filed silently along an avenue of dreary pine whose needles hid the sky. — Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
   • 1952: 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, Pigs Have Wings