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fangle

Pronunciation: /ˈfæŋ.ɡəl/

The English word “fangle” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
  2. To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
  3. To waste time; trifle.

noun

  1. A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
  2. Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
  3. A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
  4. A conceit; whim.

Etymology

From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from fōn (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang.

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