Caudle Definition
kôdl
noun
A warm drink for invalids, esp. a spiced and sugared gruel with wine or ale added.
Webster's New World
Origin of Caudle
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Middle English caudel from Old North French from Medieval Latin caldellus from Latin caldum hot drink from caldus, calidus warm, hot kelə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old Northern French caudel, from Medieval Latin caldellum, diminutive of Latin caldum, caldus (“warm”).
From Wiktionary
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