
ETYMOLOGY
from Ichabod, the name given by Eli’s daughter-in-law to her son, used as an exclamation of regret, in allusion to 1 Sam. iv. 21
EXAMPLE
“… Dirges were sung with an Ichabodian refrain. …”
From: Daily News
December, 1887

ETYMOLOGY
from Ichabod, the name given by Eli’s daughter-in-law to her son, used as an exclamation of regret, in allusion to 1 Sam. iv. 21
EXAMPLE
“… Dirges were sung with an Ichabodian refrain. …”
From: Daily News
December, 1887