ınkle

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Definition of ınkle in English English dictionary

{n} a broad tape, a fort of fillet

Hyphenation

in·kle

Etymology

[ 'i[ng]-k&l ] (noun.) 1541. 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”).