Definition of PISTLE

pistle

Meanings

Plural: pistles

Noun

  • Synonym of epistle.
  • A story conveyed verbally.

Verb

  • To write about (someone or something) in, or in the form of, a letter.

Origin / Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; epistle”) [and other forms], from Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), an aphetic form of epistol, epistola, from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”): see further at epistle.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
Scots pistil, pistle

Synonyms

epistle

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