"smittle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Frequentative from Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), from Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”). Cognate with German schmitzen (“to pollute”), Danish smitte (“to infect”). Related also to smite. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smitten|t=to smear; smudge; stain; taint}} Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), {{inh|en|ang|smittian|t=to defile; pollute; befoul}} Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”), {{cog|de|schmitzen|t=to pollute}} German schmitzen (“to pollute”), {{cog|da|smitte|t=to infect}} Danish smitte (“to infect”) Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} smittle
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Infectious. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-smittle-en-adj-7G3JZDr~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 16 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 9 13

Noun

Forms: smittles [plural]
Etymology: Frequentative from Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), from Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”). Cognate with German schmitzen (“to pollute”), Danish smitte (“to infect”). Related also to smite. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smitten|t=to smear; smudge; stain; taint}} Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), {{inh|en|ang|smittian|t=to defile; pollute; befoul}} Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”), {{cog|de|schmitzen|t=to pollute}} German schmitzen (“to pollute”), {{cog|da|smitte|t=to infect}} Danish smitte (“to infect”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} smittle (plural smittles)
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) An infection. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Related terms: smit
    Sense id: en-smittle-en-noun-VVXXrleu Categories (other): British English

Verb

Forms: smittles [present, singular, third-person], smittling [participle, present], smittled [participle, past], smittled [past]
Etymology: Frequentative from Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), from Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”). Cognate with German schmitzen (“to pollute”), Danish smitte (“to infect”). Related also to smite. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smitten|t=to smear; smudge; stain; taint}} Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), {{inh|en|ang|smittian|t=to defile; pollute; befoul}} Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”), {{cog|de|schmitzen|t=to pollute}} German schmitzen (“to pollute”), {{cog|da|smitte|t=to infect}} Danish smitte (“to infect”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} smittle (third-person singular simple present smittles, present participle smittling, simple past and past participle smittled)
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect, transitive) To infect. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-smittle-en-verb-EAYdUoMI Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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