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kittle
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitil?n, from Proto-Germanic *kitil?n?, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kit?n? (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian ???- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.
Alternative forms
- kittel
Verb
kittle (third-person singular simple present kittles, present participle kittling, simple past and past participle kittled)
- (transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To tickle, to touch lightly.
Adjective
kittle (comparative kittler, superlative kittlest)
- (Scotland and Northern England) Ticklish.
- (Scotland and Northern England) Not easily managed
- Synonyms: troublesome, difficult, variable
Etymology 2
From Middle English kitelen, from Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit +? -le.
Verb
kittle (third-person singular simple present kittles, present participle kittling, simple past and past participle kittled)
- (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
References
- kittle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [1]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
Anagrams
- Kittel
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kirtle
English
Etymology
From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??t(?)l/, /?k??(?)-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?t(?)l/, /-?(?)l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?l
- Hyphenation: kir?tle
Noun
kirtle (plural kirtles)
- A knee-length tunic.
- A short jacket.
- A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
Translations
Verb
kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled)
- (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
- (intransitive) Clothed or covered with, or as if with, a kirtle.
Further reading
- kirtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- kilter
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