nutte

See also: Nutte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nut
• nute

Etymology

From Old English nytt (“use, utility, advantage”); cognate with Dutch nut (“use”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: /no͞ot/

Noun

nutte (plural nuttes)

1. use, usefulness

   nought to nuttes — of no use, useless

   A he seide þat Bruttes neoren noht to nuttes, ah he seide þat þe Peohtes weoren gode cnihtes. — Layamon's Brut, c1275

Related terms

• nuteluste — uselessness, unprofitableness, weakness