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dingle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”). Related to dungeon.

Meanings

  1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
    • Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge. 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Chapter 4”, in The Two Towers, Book III:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dingles Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (11)

ru лощи́на (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · bg дол (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · ga fothair (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · it anfratto (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · de Waldschlucht (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · kmr gelî (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · kmr newal (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · kmr nihal (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · cy glyn (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · ru глубо́кая лощи́на (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley) · kmr dol (small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley)

dingle en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Antarctica, slang) Having good weather.
    • Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort. 1978, Anthony Smith, Wilderness, page 40:
    • On this 'dingle' day the last breezes of summer blow from the south. Sitting at Garnet Hill I am blinded by the sunlight on the ice. 2004, John Kelly, Due South: An Antarctic Journal, page 53:
    • Indeed, on a dingle day in the Antarctic your optimism soars about what you can do. After three days of blustery weather we woke up to […] 1989, Nautical Quarterly, volume 45, page 24:

Forms

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more dingle Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dingle Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

mank · manky

Relateds

dingle-dangle · dingle stick