cuttle

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps equivalent to cod +‎ -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

1. Synonym of cuttlefish

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French cultel, coltel, coutel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cultellus. See cutlass.

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

1. (obsolete) A knife.

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Etymology 3

Noun

cuttle (plural cuttles)

1. (obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.
   • Shakespeare

     An you play the saucy cuttle me.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cuttle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cutlet