nettle
意味
- イラクサ(とげのある雑草)
- …をちくちく刺す
- …をいらだたせる
例文
It is better to be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.
バラのとげで刺されるよりは、いらくさのとげで刺された方がましだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).