crile

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

crile

Where it comes from

An alteration of crowl.

noun criles

Scotland A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt. "And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome c

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"crile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

crile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crile

Chicago

"crile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crile.

BibTeX

@misc{crile_2026,
  title = {crile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}