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
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