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Noel
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- 1 A wish or expression of commemoration of Christmas. archaic
"And may all my enemies go to hell! / Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!"
- 1 Christmas. dated, literary
- 2 A male given name from French.
"When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know.""
- 3 A female given name from French.
- 4 A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 5 A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
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- 6 A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1 Acronym of no observed effect level. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2 A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
"The first Nowell the Angel did say / Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay[…]"
- 3 period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal and Natal.
* (names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide. * (city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William Jasper Noel, stockmen and owners of a sawmill. * (community of Nova Scotia, Canada): Named after its most prominent resident, Noël Doiron.
From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).
From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).
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