Carl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑːl/

Old English carl, from Old Norse karl ("man, husband")

Full definition of carl

Noun

1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
• 1974, In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• carle

Verb

1. (obsolete) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 210:... full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything ....

Anagrams

• ACLR