nutil

adj — 2 senses

nutil

adj

Etymology From or related to Middle English nytelen (“to struggle”). Cognate with North Frisian næteln, nöteln (“to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly”).

1

UK, Dialectal Useless.

2

UK, Dialectal Effeminate.

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