icelui

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Pronoun

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icelui m (feminine icelle, masculine plural iceux, feminine plural icelles)

  1. (now only in law or humorous, obsolete) this one
    Synonym: celui-ci
    • 1759, Voltaire, chapter 1, in Candide:
      Comment Candide fut élevé dans un beau château, et comment il fut chassé d’icelui.
      How Candide was raised in a beautiful castle, and how he was driven from such.

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