milt
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milt
- /mɪlt/
Rhymes with -ɪlt
Where it comes from
From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.
noun milts
- The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food. we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt, another in the braine[…].
- The semen of a male fish.
- The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.
verb milts · milting · milted
- To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
Translations
Talk about this word "milt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/milt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. milt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/milt "milt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/milt.Cite this
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title = {milt},
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year = {2026},
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