nole
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- Rhymes: -əʊl
Noun edit
nole (plural noles)
- (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.
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Etymology edit
From a derivative of Latin nux. Compare Italian nocciola, Venetian noxeła, Romansch nitschola, Sicilian nuzzola, Franco-Provençal nusèlye, Occitan nosilha; cf. also French noisette.
Noun edit
nole f (plural nolis)