moil

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moil

    Synonyme

    labour, labor, toil, work

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    () From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Latin molla panis (“soft part of bread”), from mollis (“soft”); from the Proto-Indo-European root 'mel-', 'soft'. Sense 3 of the noun is derived from the Hebrew word 'mohel' (ritual circumciser) and refers to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim.

    Tempora

    moils, moiling, moiled
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