cuttle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of cuttlefish.
  2. A knife. obsolete
    — a sharpe cuttle
  3. A foul-mouthed fellow. obsolete
    — An you play the saucy cuttle me.

词形变化

cuttles plural cuttles plural cuttles plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ilǭ, 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”).
词源 2
From Middle English coutel, from Old French coutel, coltel, cultel, from Latin cultellus. Doublet of couteau. See cutlass.
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