单词 | outwale |
释义 | outwale/ˈaʊtweɪl/Now Scottish, English regional (northern ), and Irish English (northern ) noun A person or thing selected for removal or exclusion; a reject or outcast; refuse, dregs. Now usually in plural. OriginLate Middle English; earliest use found in The Siege of Jerusalem. From out- + wale. In Orkney and Shetland use probably partly from the unattested Norn cognate of Norwegian (Nynorsk) utval choice, selection from the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic út- + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic val. |
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