nole

See also: Nole, nöle, nô lệ, and Nôle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

nole (plural noles)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of noll (“the head”)
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 17:

     An ass's nole I fixed on his head.

Anagrams

• lone, Noël, Leno, Noel, leno, neol., Léon, enol, one L, noël, Leon, noel, NOEL, elon, Elno, Elon, León

Friulian

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin nux. Compare Italian nocciola, Venetan noxeła, Romansch nitschola, Sicilian nuzzola, Franco-Provençal nusèlye, Occitan nosilha; cf. also French noisette.

Noun

nole f (plural nolis)

1. hazelnut
2. nut

Related terms

• noglâr
• nosele