nutte
See also: Nutte
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nut
- nute
Etymology
From Old English nytt (“use, utility, advantage”); cognate with Dutch nut (“use”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: /no͞ot/
Noun
nutte (plural nuttes)
- use, usefulness
- nought to nuttes — of no use, useless
- A he seide þat Bruttes neoren noht to nuttes, ah he seide þat þe Peohtes weoren gode cnihtes. — Layamon's Brut, c1275
Related terms
- nuteluste — uselessness, unprofitableness, weakness