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peuzelen.

to gnaw, to eat in small pieces

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpøː.zə.lə(n)/
  1. to gnaw, to eat in small pieces

  2. to snack

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch pueselen (“to touch; to pick; to eat with picking; to eat with small pieces”). Cognate with German Low German pöseln (“to work hard, toil”), Saterland Frisian puzelje (“to work hard and continuously”). Compare also German Low German pusseln (“to trifle, tinker”), German bosseln (“to potter, tinker”), Old English puslian (“to pick out the best bits, select, cull”). More at English puzzle.

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