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cuttle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkʌtəl/

Etymology

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudulǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ulǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).

Meanings

1. Synonym of cuttlefish.

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Deriveds

cuttlebone

Synonyms

cuttlefish

cuttle en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkʌtəl/

Etymology

From Middle English coutel, from Old French coutel, coltel, cultel, from Latin cultellus. Doublet of couteau. See cutlass.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A knife.
   • a sharpe cuttle 1546, John Bale, The Actes of Englysh Votaries:

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cuttle en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkʌtəl/

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.
   • An you play the saucy cuttle me. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

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