caudle

American  

[kawd-l] / ˈkɔd l /

noun

1. a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.

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caudle British  

/ ˈkɔːdəl /

noun

1. a hot spiced wine drink made with gruel, formerly used medicinally

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Etymology

Origin of caudle

1250–1300; Middle English caudel < Old North French < Medieval Latin caldellum, equivalent to Latin calid ( um ) warmed watered wine (noun use of neuter of calidus warm) + -ellum diminutive suffix; see -elle

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Example Sentences

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caudle

Mr. Dimple, you shall not go; why, half my visits are cake and caudle visits; it won't do, you know, for you to go.

From The Contrast by Montrose Jonas Moses

Shall my enemy range the field and I sit at home and lap caudle?

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett

A survival of this custom existed for many years in the fashion of drinking caudle at the bedside of the mother.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle

A good word, thou hast won me; this word is like a warm caudle to a cold stomach.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange

Beside her upon a small table were such accompaniments of age as daughter and nurse deemed suitable—the large print Bible, the big spectacles and caudle cup.

From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Lily Dougall

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