WINGLEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From a merger of wangle, and dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither かつ thither, go astray, dangle”), related to Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), Swedish vingla (“to wobble”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /wɪŋl/
• 韻: -ɪŋl

動詞

wingle (三人称単数 現在形 wingles, 現在分詞 wingling, 過去形および過去分詞形 wingled)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.
2. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander.

名詞

wingle (複数形 wingles)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.

   That's an awful wingle of a road.

派生語

• wingle-wangle

参照

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The English Dialect Dictionary

アナグラム

• lewing