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gangling en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.

Meanings

  1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
    • A gangling teenager.

Forms

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more gangling Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most gangling Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

ganglingly

Relateds

rangy · lanky · gangly

Translations (14)

yi לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג (awkwardly tall and thin) · yi הויך ווי אַ דראָנג (awkwardly tall and thin) · ca gànguil (awkwardly tall and thin) · is renglulegur (awkwardly tall and thin) · hu hórihorgas (awkwardly tall and thin) · cs vytáhlý (awkwardly tall and thin) · hu langaléta (awkwardly tall and thin) · it allampanato (awkwardly tall and thin) · da ranglet (awkwardly tall and thin) · fr dégingandé (awkwardly tall and thin) · sv gänglig (awkwardly tall and thin) · he גַּמְלוֹנִי (awkwardly tall and thin) · el κρεμανταλάς (awkwardly tall and thin) · cs čahounský (awkwardly tall and thin)

gangling en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English gang Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English gangling From gang + -ling.

Meanings

  1. (nonce-word, nonstandard) A member of a gang.
    • "Well, we'll meet in New York and you can see what's left of me! Bon voyage" the ganglings smirked & just beyond Grand, bang into not — da. 2007, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi:

Forms

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ganglings Number=Plur lexicographic