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kittle1(also kittle-cattle) adjective ˈkɪt(ə)lˈkɪdl archaic Difficult to deal with; prone to erratic behaviour. Synonyms unpredictable, temperamental, emotional, volatile, capricious, changeable, mercurial, unstable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, undependable, unsteady, erratic, fitful, impulsive
Origin Mid 16th century: from kittle 'to tickle' (now Scots and dialect), probably from Old Norse kitla. Rhymes acquittal, belittle, brittle, committal, embrittle, it'll, little, remittal, skittle, spittle, tittle, victual, whittle verb ˈkɪt(ə)lˈkɪdl [no object]Northern Irish, Scottish (of a cat) give birth. she has kittled in my chair Example sentencesExamples - If your cat and my cat kittled on the same day, that'd be a coincidence.
- They were all young animals, kittled in a wood not far from the lodge.
- The cat's just kittled in the little room.
Origin Mid 16th century: perhaps a back-formation of kitling 'young animal, cub'. adjectiveˈkidlˈkɪdl archaic Difficult to deal with; prone to erratic behavior. Synonyms unpredictable, temperamental, emotional, volatile, capricious, changeable, mercurial, unstable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, undependable, unsteady, erratic, fitful, impulsive
Origin Mid 16th century: from kittle ‘to tickle’ (now Scots and dialect), probably from Old Norse kitla. verbˈkidlˈkɪdl [no object]Northern Irish, Scottish (of a cat) give birth. she has kittled in my chair Example sentencesExamples - The cat's just kittled in the little room.
- If your cat and my cat kittled on the same day, that'd be a coincidence.
- They were all young animals, kittled in a wood not far from the lodge.
Origin Mid 16th century: perhaps a back-formation of kitling ‘young animal, cub’. |