"wankle" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwæŋkəl/ Forms: more wankle [comparative], most wankle [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋkəl Etymology: From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wankel}} Middle English wankel, {{inh|en|ang|wancol}} Old English wancol, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wankul}} Proto-West Germanic *wankul Head templates: {{en-adj}} wankle (comparative more wankle, superlative most wankle)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal

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