English
pule
Pule comes from French piailler ‘to cheep’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpiailleras piauler‘to cheep’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898pule
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpiailleras piauler‘to cheep’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898pule
Earliest quotation: 1898, The Ludgate Monthly: “... rain-drops over the puling baby she carried in…”
Every English word from French piailler
Today it means
noun A plaintive melancholy whine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French piailler / pule