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net·tle
I. \ˈned.əl, -etəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English nettle, netle, from Old English netle, netel, netele; akin to Middle Dutch netel nettle, Old High German nazza, nezzila, Old Norse nötr, Middle Irish nenaid, Greek adikē nettle, and perhaps to Old English net, nett net — more at net
1. : a plant of the genus Urtica or the family Urticaceae
2. : any of numerous prickly or stinging plants not of the family Urticaceae — usually used with preceding modifier
II. verb
(nettled ; nettled ; nettling \-d.əliŋ, -t(ə)liŋ\ ; nettles)
Etymology: Middle English netlen, nettyllen, from netle, nettle, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to whip or sting with nettles
b. : to cause to be stung by nettles
2. : to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger in : provoke, vex
< ashamed at having been nettled by so minor a cause — Edwin O'Connor >
3. : to stir up : incite
intransitive verb
: to become irritated, vexed, or provoked
Synonyms: see irritate
III. noun
or knet·tle \“\; or knit·tle \ˈnid.əl, -itəl\
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of earlier knettel, from Middle English knittel, from Old English cnyttels string, sinew, from cnyttan to knit, bind, tie — more at knit
1. : a small line made of rope yarn and used especially for hammock clews or seizings
2. nettles plural : halves of yarns in the end of a rope twisted up for pointing |