Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA wish or expression of commemoration of Christmas.
From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).
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