darnel

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.
2. (uncountable, usually) Various species of Lolium, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

Synonyms

cockle

tare

Lolium temulentum

bearded darnel

cheat

cockel

jackanapes

weed

Translations

joio

cizaña

zizzania

zitzània

loglio

Lolium temulentum

karaçayır

ivraie enivrante

jull

dolik

loglio inebriante

loglio ubriacante

lolium

Dolik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɑːnəɫ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: darnel

Cognate with French: dernelle

Cognate with Walloon: darne

Cognate with Middle Dutch: verdarnt

In summary

From Middle English darnel, dernel, from Old Northern French darnelle ( > dialectal French dernelle, darnette), of Germanic origin, possibly Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to harm, injure”).
Related to Walloon darne, derne (“stunned, dazed, drunk”), Middle Dutch verdarnt, verdaernt (“stunned, dumbfounded, angry”). The association with being dazed or drunkenness is due to the well-known intoxicating effects of the plant.