scaddleadj.

/ˈskad(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English skadylle, 1600s skad(d)le.

Etymology: Later variant of scathel adj.

Now dialect.

1. Wild; timid; shy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > easily frightened or startled

shyOE

scaddle1483

ramageous?c1530

ramage1567

startling1599

startish1677

startful1790

willyart1818

starty1825

1483 Cath. Angl. 341/2 Skadylle; vbi wylde.

1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. Aa4 There was fowle, but so skadle, as they would not abide them to come neere them.

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 60 Scaddle, that will not abide touching: spoken of young Horses that fly out.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 398 He's a scaddle horse to ride.

1876 Mid-Yks. Gloss. Scaddle, timid, usually applied to a horse.

2. Mischievous, troublesome; thievish; esp. of animals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > mischievous

unseelyc1400

scaddle1589

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 3 He shall knowe what it is for a scaddle pawne, to crosse a Bishop in his owne walke.

1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 Skaddle: scathie, Ravenous, mischievous, Suss.

1736 J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 38 A Skaddle Cat, Boy, &c.

a1845 R. H. Barham Jerry Jarvis's Wig in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 317 Tib,..the honestest, the least ‘scaddle’ of the feline race.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Scaddle, wild; mischievous; spoken of a dog that worries sheep; of a cat that poaches [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scaddle
释义	scaddleadj. /ˈskad(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English skadylle, 1600s skad(d)le. Etymology: Later variant of scathel adj. Now dialect. 1. Wild; timid; shy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > easily frightened or startled shyOE scaddle1483 ramageous?c1530 ramage1567 startling1599 startish1677 startful1790 willyart1818 starty1825 1483 Cath. Angl. 341/2 Skadylle; vbi wylde. 1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. Aa4 There was fowle, but so skadle, as they would not abide them to come neere them. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 60 Scaddle, that will not abide touching: spoken of young Horses that fly out. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 398 He's a scaddle horse to ride. 1876 Mid-Yks. Gloss. Scaddle, timid, usually applied to a horse. 2. Mischievous, troublesome; thievish; esp. of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > mischievous unseelyc1400 scaddle1589 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 3 He shall knowe what it is for a scaddle pawne, to crosse a Bishop in his owne walke. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 Skaddle: scathie, Ravenous, mischievous, Suss. 1736 J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 38 A Skaddle Cat, Boy, &c. a1845 R. H. Barham Jerry Jarvis's Wig in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 317 Tib,..the honestest, the least ‘scaddle’ of the feline race. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Scaddle, wild; mischievous; spoken of a dog that worries sheep; of a cat that poaches [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1483
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