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cuttle

/ˈkʌtəl/

cuttle noun: synonym of cuttlefish.

Noun (1)

cuttle (plural cuttles)

  1. Synonym of cuttlefish.
    Synonyms:
    cuttlefish

Noun (2)

cuttle (plural cuttles)

  1. (obsolete) A knife.
    • a sharpe cuttle1546, John Bale, The Actes of Englysh Votaries

Noun (3)

cuttle (plural cuttles)

  1. (obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.
    • An you play the saucy cuttle me.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

Synonyms of cuttle

Forms of cuttle

pluralcuttles

Origin of cuttle

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”).

From Middle English coutel, from Old French coutel, coltel, cultel, from Latin cultellus. Doublet of couteau. See cutlass.

Words formed from cuttle

Questions about cuttle

What does cuttle mean?
Cuttle means synonym of cuttlefish.
What part of speech is cuttle?
Cuttle is a noun.
How do you pronounce cuttle?
Cuttle is pronounced /ˈkʌtəl/.
What is the plural of cuttle?
The plural of cuttle is cuttles.

Words near cuttle in the dictionary

  1. cutting-horses
  2. cuttingly
  3. cuttingness
  4. cuttings
  5. Cuttingsville
  6. cuttle
  7. cuttlebone
  8. cuttlebones
  9. cuttlefish
  10. cuttlefish bone
  11. cuttlefish bones

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