caudel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cawdel, cawdell, cawdelle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French caudel (Parisien chaudel), from Medieval Latin caldellum, diminutive of Latin caldus (“warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈdɛːl/, /ˈkau̯dɛl/

Noun

caudel (uncountable)

1. caudle (hot drink given to the sick)
2. A cooked (meat) loaf or cake.
3. (rare) A disorder or mess.

Descendants

• English: caudle; coddle
• Middle Scots: caudil

References

• “caudē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.