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smittle

smittle verb: to infect.

Verb

smittle (third-person singular simple present smittles, present participle smittling, simple past and past participle smittled)

  1. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To infect.

Adjective

smittle

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Infectious.

Noun

smittle (plural smittles)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) An infection.

Forms of smittle

Verb
third-person singular presentsmittles
present participlesmittling
past participlesmittled
pastsmittled
Noun
pluralsmittles

Origin of smittle

Frequentative from Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), from Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”). Cognate with German schmitzen (“to pollute”), Danish smitte (“to infect”). Related also to smite.

Words formed from smittle

Questions about smittle

What does smittle mean?
Smittle means to infect.
What part of speech is smittle?
Smittle can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
What is the past tense of smittle?
The past tense of smittle is smittled.

Words near smittle in the dictionary

  1. smittened
  2. smittenness
  3. smitting
  4. smittinid
  5. smittinids
  6. smittle
  7. smittled
  8. smittles
  9. smittling
  10. smittlish
  11. Smitty

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