Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kirtle
Participle: kirtled
Gerund: kirtling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | kirtle |
| you | kirtle |
| he;she;it | kirtles |
| we | kirtle |
| you | kirtle |
| they | kirtle |
Perfect
| I | have kirtled |
| you | have kirtled |
| he;she;it | has kirtled |
| we | have kirtled |
| you | have kirtled |
| they | have kirtled |
Past
| I | kirtled |
| you | kirtled |
| he;she;it | kirtled |
| we | kirtled |
| you | kirtled |
| they | kirtled |
Pluperfect
| I | had kirtled |
| you | had kirtled |
| he;she;it | had kirtled |
| we | had kirtled |
| you | had kirtled |
| they | had kirtled |
Future
| I | will kirtle |
| you | will kirtle |
| he;she;it | will kirtle |
| we | will kirtle |
| you | will kirtle |
| they | will kirtle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kirtled |
| you | will have kirtled |
| he;she;it | will have kirtled |
| we | will have kirtled |
| you | will have kirtled |
| they | will have kirtled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kirtle |
| you | kirtle |
| he;she;it | kirtle |
| we | kirtle |
| you | kirtle |
| they | kirtle |
Perfect
| I | have kirtled |
| you | have kirtled |
| he;she;it | have kirtled |
| we | have kirtled |
| you | have kirtled |
| they | have kirtled |
Imperfect
| I | kirtled |
| you | kirtled |
| he;she;it | kirtled |
| we | kirtled |
| you | kirtled |
| they | kirtled |
Pluperfect
| I | had kirtled |
| you | had kirtled |
| he;she;it | had kirtled |
| we | had kirtled |
| you | had kirtled |
| they | had kirtled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kirtle |
| you | would kirtle |
| he;she;it | would kirtle |
| we | would kirtle |
| you | would kirtle |
| they | would kirtle |
Perfect
| I | would have kirtled |
| you | would have kirtled |
| he;she;it | would have kirtled |
| we | would have kirtled |
| you | would have kirtled |
| they | would have kirtled |
Imperative
| you | kirtle |
| we | Let's kirtle |
| you | kirtle |
Verbs conjugated like 'kirtle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kirtle'
firtle,
kittle,
birle,
circle,
dartle,
furtle,
girdle,
hirple,
hurtle,
jirble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel.
Sample Sentences
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Eastward the Night / Climbs slow with hooded brows, and languid Day / Kirtles her robe fantastical, and leans / To take the embrace of darkness. [1899, Charles Camp Tarelli, “God’s Magic”, in The Spectator, volume 82, London: F. C. Westley, →OCLC, page 521, column 1; reprinted in Frank M[orrison] Pixley, editor, The Argonaut, volume XLVIII, number 1243, San Francisco, Calif.: Argonaut Publishing Company, 7 January 1901, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:]
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Father Fogen led the way, his skinny shanks a gleaming white as he kirtled his cassock about his thighs. I was obliged to do the same, for the hillside above the house was thick with grass and thorny shrubs that caught at the coarse wool skirts of my borrowed robe. [1994, Diana Gabaldon, Voyager (Outlander Series; 3), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC:]
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I didn't kirtle my skirts above my knees. I'm not wearing breeches beneath my habit, though without a doubt they'd be warmer than my stockings. [1999, Mercedes Lackey, editor, Flights of Fantasy (DAW Book Collectors; no. 1141), New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 264:]
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Kirtling her skirts for freedom of movement, she accelerated to full speed and headed for the road, hoping to reach the relative safety of the village. [2007, Chris Holmes, chapter 28, in Blood on the Tartan (Excalibur Book), High Springs, Fla.: Highland Press, →ISBN, page 212:]