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cuttle

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtəl/

The English word “cuttle” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Synonym of cuttlefish.
  2. A knife.
  3. A foul-mouthed fellow.

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”).

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