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Added 9 October 2026

curdle

/ˈkɜː.dəl/ verb

In Latin: concrescō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about curdle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Turn into curds.
curdled milk
Go bad or sour.
The milk curdled
Turn from a liquid to a solid mass.
his blood curdled

Origin

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

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