English Explanatory Dictionary

scaddle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wild, mischievous, thievish.
  2. Timid, nervous, skittish.

Word forms

scaddle more scaddle most scaddle skaddle

Etymology

From Middle English scathel (“harmful”), from Old English *sceaþol, from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (“harmful”), equivalent to scathe + -el. Cognate with Old High German scadel (“injurious, harmful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐍃 (skaþuls, “injurious, wicked”).

Related words

scatheful skedaddle
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