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curdle

UK/ˈkɜː.dəl/ US/ˈkɝ.dəl/ uncommon

verb

1.

turn into curds

  • “curdled milk”
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2.

go bad or sour

  • “The milk curdled”
3.

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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