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milt.

The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɪlt/
  1. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.

    countable
  2. The semen of a male fish.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.

verb/mɪlt/
  1. To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.

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