Chattel (noun)
chat-l
A personal possession
Middle English: from Old French chatel, from medieval Latin capitale, from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’. Compare with capital and cattle.
Example sentences
“She said money-lenders seemed to target people who owned chattels.”
Soigné (adj) swahn-yay Carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed First recorded in 1915–20. Borrowed directly from French; originally from soin, meaning “care.” (more…)
Scuttle (verb) skut-l to run with quick, hasty steps First recorded between 1450–1500. Combines scud, meaning “to dart or run,” + frequentative suffix -le. Sometimes associated with the locomotion of…
