cruels
English
Alternative forms
- crewels
Etymology
Corrupted from French écrouelles (“scrofula”). Spelling influenced by cruel.
Noun
cruels pl (plural only)
- Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cruels in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- surcle, ulcers
Catalan
Adjective
cruels
- plural of cruel
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁy.ɛl/
- Homophones: cruel, cruelle, cruelles
Adjective
cruels
- masculine plural of cruel
Anagrams
- reculs