dill

Meanings

Noun

• Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
• A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.

Verb

• To cook or flavor with dill
• To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

Related

Similar words

• anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens (species)
• dill pickle

Origin

• From Middle English dile, from Old English dile; from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European .
• Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
• Variant of dull
• Perhaps a backformation from dilly.
• A fool.
• #* 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
• #*: He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself.