puzzel

• pusle, pussel

Probably from French pucelle (“a virgin”). Possibly due to English propaganda against Joan of Arc who was also known as La Pucelle ("The Virgin; The Maid").[1] Possibly influenced by English pizzle (“penis”).

puzzel (plural puzzels)

1. (obsolete) A harlot; a hussy.
   • c. 1591, Shakespeare, William, Henry VI, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 4:

     Pucelle or puzzel, Dolphin or dogfish, / Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels

• See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

• puzzle

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏ.zəl/, /ˈpy.zəl/

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• Hyphenation: puz‧zel

Borrowed from English puzzle.

puzzel f (plural puzzels, diminutive puzzeltje n)

1. puzzle (game in which things must be put together)
2. (figuratively) riddle, intellectual challenge

• kruiswoordpuzzel
• legpuzzel
• puzzelaar
• puzzelboek
• puzzelen
• puzzelwoordenboek

• → Papiamentu: pùzel, peuzel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puzzel

1. first-person singular present indicative of puzzelen
2. imperative of puzzelen