l noun
a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English caudel < Old North French < Medieval Latin caldellum, equivalent to Latin calid(um) warmed watered wine (noun use of neuter of calidus warm) + -ellum diminutive suffix; see -elle
1250–1300; Middle English caudel < Old North French < Medieval Latin caldellum, equivalent to Latin calid(um) warmed watered wine (noun use of neuter of calidus warm) + -ellum diminutive suffix; see -elle
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| —n | |
| a hot spiced wine drink made with gruel, formerly used medicinally | |
| [C13: from Old Northern French caudel, from Medieval Latin caldellum, from Latin calidus warm] | |
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caudle
"hot drink," M.E., from O.N.Fr. caudel (O.Fr. chaudel, 12c., Mod.Fr. chaudeau), from M.L. caldellum, dim. of caldum, neut. of caldus "warm."
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