cuttle

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌtəl/
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Etymology 1

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ilǭ, 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”).

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

  1. Synonym of cuttlefish.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

  1. (obsolete) A knife.
    • 1546, John Bale, The Actes of Englysh Votaries:
      a sharpe cuttle

Etymology 3

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Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

  1. (obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.

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