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nowel

[ noh-el ]
/ noʊˈɛl /
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noun Archaic.
Noel (def. 2).
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Origin of nowel

1300–50; Middle English <Middle French no(u)elNoel

Words nearby nowel

now, NOW account, nowadays, now and again, noway, nowel, nowhence, nowhere, nowhere-dense, nowhere near, nowheres
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How to use nowel in a sentence

  • We don't cry Nowel any more; instead we petition the janitor to send up a little more steam.

    Pipefuls|Christopher Morley

  • Roger Nowel Esquire, aforesaid, the thirtieth day of March, 1612.

    Discovery of Witches|Thomas Potts

British Dictionary definitions for nowel

Nowel

Nowell

/ (nəʊˈɛl) /
noun
archaic spellings of Noel
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