carl

carl

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (man, husband), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of churl.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl, -ɑɹl̩

Noun

carl (plural carls)

  1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
    Synonyms: hick, hob; see also Thesaurus:country bumpkin
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.
    Synonyms: skinflint, tightwad; see also Thesaurus:miser

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Alternative forms

  • carle

Verb

carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
    • , New York 2001, p.210:
      [] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything []

See also

  • hot carl

Anagrams

  • ACLR, CRLA

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse karl (Danish karl (man), Swedish karl (man)), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (man, male). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal and related to Old English ċeorl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑrl/, [kɑrˠl]

Noun

carl m

  1. a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)
  2. (by extension) a man
  3. (by extension, in compounds) a male
    carlcatthe-cat, a male cat
    carlfugola male bird, cock

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