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)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:allude
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Noun
inkle (countable and uncountable, plural inkles)
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