inkle

Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkl̩/

The English word “inkle” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To hint at; disclose.
To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

noun

Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces

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”),…

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