caudel

Middle English

Alternative forms

cawdel, cawdell, cawdelle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French caudel (Parisien chaudel), from Medieval Latin caldellum, diminutive of Latin caldus (“warm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈdɛːl/, /ˈkau̯dɛl/

Noun

caudel (uncountable)

caudle (hot drink given to the sick)
A cooked (meat) loaf or cake.
(rare) A disorder or mess.

Descendants

English: caudle; coddle
Middle Scots: caudil

References

“caudē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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