nutte

See also: Nutte

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English nytt (“use, utility, advantage”); cognate with Dutch nut (“use”)

Pronunciation
  • enPR: /no͞ot/

Noun

nutte (plural nuttes)

  1. 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
  • nuteluste — uselessness, unprofitableness, weakness
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