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idel

Pronunciation: /ˈiː.del/

“idel” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. empty, void; bereft
  2. worthless, useless, vain

noun

  1. idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *īdl. Cognate with Old Frisian īdel, Old Saxon īdal, Dutch ijdel, Old High German ītal.

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