nutil

English

Etymology

From or related to 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. (Britain dialectal) Useless.
  2. (Britain dialectal) Effeminate.

Anagrams

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