inkle

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces

Synonyms

jingle

Etymology

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”).