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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.

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