Meanings
nounwhortle (plural whortles)
plural whortles
- archaicThe whortleberry or bilberry.
[…] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles.
1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone
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Origin
- Old Englishhorte“whortleberry”
- Middle Englishhurtil
- Englishwhortle
From Middle English hurtil, hurtle, from Old English horte (“whortleberry”) (plural hortan) but of unknown ultimate origin.
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whortle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whortle
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“whortle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whortle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whortle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whortle.
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