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inkle en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪŋkl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), derived from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-West Germanic *inkō, from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”).

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To hint at; disclose.
2. (rare, transitive) To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

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inkle en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪŋkl̩/

Etymology

Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
   • COSTARD - '… What's the price of this inkle?' c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

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