"inkle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: inkles [plural]
Etymology: Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel. Etymology templates: {{m|en||*ingle}} *ingle, {{m|en|lingle}} lingle, {{m|en|lingel}} lingel Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inkle (countable and uncountable, plural inkles)
  1. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: incle
    Sense id: en-inkle-en-noun-HDn0tD28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 67 17 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: inkles [present, singular, third-person], inkling [participle, present], inkled [participle, past], inkled [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|inklen}} Middle English inklen, {{m|enm|inclen|t=to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone}} inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), {{m|enm|inke|t=apprehension, misgiving}} inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), {{der|en|ang|inca|t=doubt, suspicion}} Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*inkō}} Proto-West Germanic *inkō, {{der|en|gem-pro|*inkô|t=ache, regret}} Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁eng-|t=illness}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng- (“illness”), {{cog|ofs|jinc||angered}} Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), {{cog|non|ekki||pain, grief}} Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), {{cog|no|ekkje||lack, pity}} Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} inkle (third-person singular simple present inkles, present participle inkling, simple past and past participle inkled)
  1. (transitive, rare) To hint at; disclose. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-inkle-en-verb-hjnwg52i
  2. (transitive, rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-inkle-en-verb-1pGSUd3P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inkling
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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