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feal.

(of things) Cosy; clean; neat.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/fiːl/
  1. (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · dialectal
  2. (of persons) Comfortable; cosy; safe.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · dialectal
  3. Smooth; soft; downy; velvety.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fele, fæle (“proper, of the right sort”), from Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *failī, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (“true, friendly, familiar, good”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”). Cognate with Scots feel, feelie (“cosy, neat, clean, comfortable”), West Frisian feilich (“safe”), Dutch veil (“for-sale”), Dutch veilig (“safe”), German feil (“for-sale”), Latin pīus (“good, dutiful, faithful, devout, pious”).

adv/fiːl/
  1. In a feal manner.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English fele, fæle (“proper, of the right sort”), from Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *failī, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (“true, friendly, familiar, good”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”). Cognate with Scots feel, feelie (“cosy, neat, clean, comfortable”), West Frisian feilich (“safe”), Dutch veil (“for-sale”), Dutch veilig (“safe”), German feil (“for-sale”), Latin pīus (“good, dutiful, faithful, devout, pious”).

verb/fiːl/
  1. To hide.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English felen, from Old Norse fela (“to hide”), from Proto-Germanic *felhaną (“to conceal, hide, bury, trust, intrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele(w)-, *plē(w)- (“to hide”). Cognate with Old High German felahan (“to pass, trust, sow”), Old English fēolan (“to cleave, enter, penetrate”).

verb/fiːl/
  1. To press on, advance.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English felen (“to come at (one's enemies), advance”), from Old English fēolan (“to cleave, enter, penetrate”), from Proto-Germanic *felhaną.

adj/fiːl/
  1. Faithful, loyal.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Scots feal, from Early Scots feal, from Old French feal, collateral form of feeil, from Latin fidelis.

noun/fiːl/
  1. Alternative form of fail (“piece of turf cut from grassland”)

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

Unknown; see fail.

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