"nutil" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more nutil [comparative], most nutil [superlative]
Etymology: From or related to Middle English nytelen (“to struggle”). Cognate with North Frisian næteln, nöteln (“to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|nytelen|t=to struggle}} Middle English nytelen (“to struggle”), {{cog|frr|næteln}} North Frisian næteln, {{m|frr|nöteln|t=to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly}} nöteln (“to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} nutil (comparative more nutil, superlative most nutil)
  1. (UK dialectal) Useless. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-nutil-en-adj-D9095KEw Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal) Effeminate. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-nutil-en-adj-2ZsFpyvN Categories (other): British English

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