‖ indicium
(ɪnˈdɪʃɪəm)
Pl. indicia.
[L. indicium sign, mark, etc., f. indic-: see index, indicate.]
An indication, sign, token. Chiefly in pl.
| 1625–6 Purchas Pilgrims II. x. 1857 Other sufficient Indicia, or euidence besides. Ibid., This Indicium of this Malefactor. 1675 H. Woolley Gentlew. Companion 55 A ridiculous Garb is the most certain indicium of a foolish person. 1776 Sir J. Burrow Reports K. Bench IV. 2366 Now where are the Indicia or distinguishing marks of Ideas? 1815 Scott Guy M. x, The corpse afforded no other indicia respecting the fate of Kennedy. 1862 Sir G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. iv. 1 We may perhaps rather wonder that Hipparchus should have succeeded in discovering this truth by means of the far and faint indicia which were within his reach. |