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1470–80; blend of Middle English spit (noun) (see spit1) and spetil, Old English spǣtl, variant of spātl saliva
1470–80; blend of Middle English spit (noun) (see spit1) and spetil, Old English spǣtl, variant of spātl saliva
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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spittle
1481, "saliva, spit," probably an alteration (by influence of spit (v.)) of O.E. spætl, spatl, from P.Gmc. *spætlan, related to O.E. spætan "to spit."
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spittle spit·tle (spĭt'l)
n.
Spit; saliva.
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