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guil.

an old or worn-down horse, a nag

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣœy̯l/
  1. an old or worn-down horse, a nag

    masculine
  2. any horse, in particular a workhorse

    masculine · obsolete
  3. a lazy person

    masculine
  4. a coarse, crude person

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch guul, gûle, from Proto-West Germanic *gūl- (stem form uncertain), of uncertain origin but possibly related to *geutan (“to pour”). The original sense could have been "powerful horse, male animal," in which case the "pouring" would refer to insemination. Similar sense development is possibly found in Proto-Germanic *ūraz (“aurochs”). Cognate with German Gaul (“horse”, chiefly pejorative), Middle Low German gûl(e) (“horse, stallion”), whence regional Swedish gula (“old horse”).

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