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scaddle

scaddle adjective: wild, mischievous, thievish.

Adjective

scaddle (comparative more scaddle, superlative most scaddle)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Wild, mischievous, thievish.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Timid, nervous, skittish.

Forms of scaddle

comparativemore scaddle
superlativemost scaddle
alternative formskaddle

Origin of scaddle

From Middle English scathel (“harmful”), from Old Norse *skǫðull, from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (“harmful”), equivalent to scathe + -el. Cognate with Old High German scadel (“injurious, harmful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐍃 (skaþuls, “injurious, wicked”).

Questions about scaddle

What does scaddle mean?
Scaddle means wild, mischievous, thievish.
What part of speech is scaddle?
Scaddle is an adjective.

Words near scaddle in the dictionary

  1. Scachtacook
  2. Scackleton
  3. scad
  4. SCADA
  5. SCADAs
  6. scaddle
  7. Scadian
  8. Scadians
  9. scads
  10. Scaean
  11. scaevity

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