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Word entry · 5 letters

stale

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"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
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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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