scheel

Pronunciation: /ʃeːl/

“scheel” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

cross-eyed
squinting
with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side

Etymology

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

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