inkle
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English, from *inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *yenǵ- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”).
Verb
inkle (third-person singular simple present inkles, present participle inkling, simple past and past participle inkled)
- (transitive, rare) To hint at; disclose.
- (transitive, rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:allude
Derived terms
- inkling
Etymology 2
Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.
Alternative forms
- incle
Noun
inkle (countable and uncountable, plural inkles)
- Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
- 1598, William Shakespeare, ‘Love's Labour's Lost’, Act III:
- COSTARD - '… What's the price of this inkle?'
- 1598, William Shakespeare, ‘Love's Labour's Lost’, Act III:
Anagrams
- Elkin, Klein, Kline, k-line, kline, liken