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Word entry · 5 letters

stale

Best crossword clue

"No longer fresh"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /steɪl/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted aelstStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2T3A4L5E

Definitions

  1. urinate, of cattle and horses

Word origin

From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“fixed position, place”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: gone bad, spoiled; see also Thesaurus:rotten
  • Stale as breed or drinke is, rassis. Stale as meate is that begynneth to savoure, viel.
  • New freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme...newly kylled.

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