smittle

== English == === Etymology === Frequentative from Middle English smitten (“to smear; smudge; stain; taint”), from Old English smittian (“to defile; pollute; befoul”). Cognate with German schmitzen (“to pollute”), Danish smitte (“to infect”). Related also to smite. === Verb === smittle (third-person singular simple present smittles, present participle smittling, simple past and past participle smittled) (obsolete, UK, transitive) To infect. ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === smittle (obsolete, UK, dialect) Infectious. === Noun === smittle (plural smittles) (obsolete, UK, dialect) An infection. === Related terms === smit === References === “smittle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.