twindle

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twindle

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From Middle English *twinle, *twinnle, from Old English *twinnla (“twin, twinling”), equivalent to twin + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German gizwinalo (“twin”).

noun twindles

dialectal A twin or twinling.

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@misc{twindle_2026,
  title = {twindle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twindle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}