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inkle¹

  • /ˈɪŋkl̩/

Rhymes with -ɪŋkəl

Where it comes from

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”).

verb inkles · inkling · inkled

  1. rare, transitive To hint at; disclose.
  2. rare, transitive To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

inkle²

  • /ˈɪŋkl̩/

Rhymes with -ɪŋkəl

Where it comes from

Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.

noun inkles · incle

  1. countable, uncountable Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces COSTARD - '… What's the price of this inkle?'

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@misc{inkle_2026,
  title = {inkle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inkle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}