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knottle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knot-tle
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A knob.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English knottil, cnottel (“little knot”), diminutive of knotte, cnotte (“knot”), equivalent to knot + -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch knuttel, Middle Low German knutel, Middle High German Knüttel (“little stick”). Compare also Old English cnyttels (“string, fiber, sinew”).

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Inflected Forms

knottles (plural)

Questions

What does knottle mean?
A knob.
Where does knottle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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