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pourcuttle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pour-cut-tle
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain first element + cuttle. The OED takes the forms with con to be easy misreadings of the earlier-attested cou (compare e.g. ouarine, a misreading of ouariue), but says pour- "can hardly stand for an earlier poul-" as on poulpe, polyp (compare polwygle, porwiggle as variants of pollywog).

Usage

Inflected Forms

pourcuttles (plural) pourcontrell (alternative) pourcontrel (alternative) pourcoutrel (alternative)

Questions

What does pourcuttle mean?
A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish.
Where does pourcuttle come from?
Uncertain first element + cuttle. The OED takes the forms with con to be easy misreadings of the earlier-attested cou (compare e.g. ouarine, a misreading of ouariue), but says pour- "can hardly stand for an earlier poul-" as on poulpe, polyp (compare polwygle, porwiggle as variants of pollywog).

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