nutil

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English

Etymology

From or related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English nytelen (to struggle). Cognate with North Frisian næteln, nöteln (to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly).

Adjective

nutil (comparative more nutil, superlative most nutil)

  1. (UK dialectal) Useless.
  2. (UK dialectal) Effeminate.

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