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u⋅ni⋅cy⋅cle

[yoo-nuh-sahy-kuhl] noun, verb, -cled, -cling.
–noun
1. a vehicle with one wheel, esp. a pedal-driven device kept upright and steered by body balance, commonly used by acrobats and other performers.
–verb (used without object)
2. to ride a unicycle.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; uni- + cycle


u⋅ni⋅cy⋅clist, noun
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u·ni·cy·cle   (yōō'nĭ-sī'kəl)   
n.  A vehicle consisting of a frame mounted over a single wheel and usually propelled by pedals.

[uni- + -cycle, perhaps on the model of bicycle.]
u'ni·cy'clist n.
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Word Origin & History

unicycle 
1869, Amer.Eng., from L. uni- "one" (see uni-) + -cycle, from bicycle (from Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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