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noun
1.
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
2.
any of various allied or similar plants.
verb (used with object)
3.
to irritate, annoy, or provoke.
4.
to sting as a nettle does.
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Nettling
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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5.
grasp the nettle, Australian. to undertake or tackle an unpleasant task.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English netele (noun); cognate with Dutch netel, German Nessel, Norwegian netla
before 900; Middle English; Old English netele (noun); cognate with Dutch netel, German Nessel, Norwegian netla
Related forms
net·tle·like, adjective
net·tler, noun
net·tly, adjective
un·net·tled, adjective
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nettle
O.E. netele, from P.Gmc. *natilon (cf. O.S. netila, M.Du. netele, Ger. Nessel, M.Da. nædlæ "nettle"), dim. of *naton, of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net (n.). The verb meaning "to beat with nettles" is from c.1440; nettled in fig. sense of "vexed,
EXPANDirritated" is from c.1400.
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