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==Etymology== |
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from German ''[[dudeln]]'' "to play (the bagpipe)", from ''[[dudel]]'' "a bagpipe", from Czech or Polish ''[[dudy]]'' "a bagpipe", from Turkish ''[[düdük]]'' "a flute". The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. American English ''dude'' may be a derivation of ''doodle''. |
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The meaning "fool, simpleton" is intended in the song title "Yankee Doodle", originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of". The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy. |
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# a fool, a simpleton {{dated}} |
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===See also=== |
===See also=== |
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* [[dawdle]] |
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* [[doodlebug]] |
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* [[doddle]] |
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Revision as of 17:11, 11 October 2009
English
Etymology
from German dudeln "to play (the bagpipe)", from dudel "a bagpipe", from Czech or Polish dudy "a bagpipe", from Turkish düdük "a flute". The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. American English dude may be a derivation of doodle.
The meaning "fool, simpleton" is intended in the song title "Yankee Doodle", originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of". The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy.
Pronunciation
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Verb
doodle (third-person singular simple present doodl, present participle es, simple past and past participle doodled)
Translations
- French: griffonner, gribouiller
- Spanish: garabatear
- German: kritzeln
Noun
doodle (plural doodles)
- a fool, a simpleton Template:dated
- a small mindless sketch etc
Translations
- French: griffonnage, gribouillis
- Spanish: garabato Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 57: Parameter 1 is required.