curdle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb turn into curds
  2. verb go bad or sour
  3. verb turn from a liquid to a solid mass

Etymology

Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd + -le (frequentative suffix).

In classic literature

Synonyms

clabber, clot

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