spittle
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪtəl
Etymology 1
[edit]Alteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English spātl, which is related to spǣtan (whence spit (verb)).
Noun
[edit]spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
- Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
- 2023 September 30, HarryBlank, “Meeting in the Middle”, in SCP Foundation[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
- "Who are you?!" he blurted into the woman's palm, and she shook it off in obvious disgust, wiping spittle onto his D-class uniform.
- Something frothy and white that resembles spit.
- Spit-up or drool of an infant.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]spit, usually frothy
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
- (now archaic) Alternative form of spital
- a. 1633, George Herbert, The Thanksgiving:
- I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways […]
Etymology 3
[edit]Representing a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit + -le.
Noun
[edit]spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
Verb
[edit]spittle (third-person singular simple present spittles, present participle spittling, simple past and past participle spittled)
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