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puckle

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *poukel, *pukel, from Old English pūcel (“a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit”), diminutive of pūca (“demon, goblin, imp”), equivalent to puck + -le. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.

  1. inherited from pūcel
  2. inherited from *poukel✻

Definitions

  1. The devil

    The devil; Satan.

  2. A fairy

    A fairy; elf; sprite.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for puckle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA