English Explanatory Dictionary

striddle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To straddle.

Word forms

striddle striddles striddling striddled

Etymology

Frequentative of Middle English striden (whence modern English stride), from Old English strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Equivalent to stride + -le (frequentative suffix).

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