atwinkle

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atwinkle

/əˈtwɪŋkəl/

Rhymes with -ɪŋkəl

Where it comes from

From a- + twinkle.

adjective a-twinkle

not comparable Twinkling. And he rode with a jewelled twinkle, / His pistol butts a-twinkle, / His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.

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"atwinkle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/atwinkle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{atwinkle_2026,
  title = {atwinkle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atwinkle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}