Nowel
See also: nowel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nowel, Noel, Nowell, Newell
Etymology
From Middle French noel or Anglo-Norman noel, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔu̯ˈɛl/
Proper noun
Nowel
- (rare) Christmas, Noel
- (rare) A surname.
Descendants
- English: Noel, noel
References
- “nouel (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Interjection
Nowel
- An gleeful exclamation upon hearing Jesus being born in representations of the event.
- An general-purpose gleeful exclamation.
References
- “nouel (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.