hatel
English
Alternative forms
- hattle, hettle
Etymology
From Middle English hatel, hetel, from Old English hatol, hetol (“hostile, malignant, hateful”), from Proto-Germanic *hatulaz, *hatilaz (“apt to hate, hating, hateful”), equivalent to hate + -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch hatel (“hateful”).
Adjective
hatel (comparative more hatel, superlative most hatel)
- (obsolete) hateful; detestable
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 hatel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Leath, athel, ethal, lathe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- heatel, hetel
Etymology
From Old English hatol, hetol, from Proto-Germanic *hatulaz, *hatilaz; equivalent to hate + -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːtəl/, /ˈhatəl/, /ˈhɛːtəl/, /ˈhɛtəl/
Adjective
hatel
- Violent, ruthless, savage, ferocious.
- (rare) Hateful, angry, ireful, raging.
- (rare) Disliked, detestable, revolting.
Descendants
- English: hatel, hattle, hettle
- Scots: hettle
References
- “hā̆tel (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.