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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-til
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Useless.

British usage

adj

Effeminate.

British usage

Etymology

From or related to Middle English nytelen (“to struggle”). Cognate with North Frisian næteln, nöteln (“to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more nutil (comparative) most nutil (superlative)

Questions

What does nutil mean?
Useless.
Where does nutil come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce nutil

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