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cuttle¹

  • /ˈkʌtəl/

Where it comes from

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”).

noun cuttles

  1. Synonym of cuttlefish.

    Similar: cuttlefish

cuttle²

  • /ˈkʌtəl/

Where it comes from

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

noun cuttles

  1. obsolete A knife. a sharpe cuttle

cuttle³

  • /ˈkʌtəl/

noun cuttles

  1. obsolete A foul-mouthed fellow. An you play the saucy cuttle me.

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@misc{cuttle_2026,
  title = {cuttle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuttle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}