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ingle

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡəl/
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/ˈɪŋɡəl/ · /ˈɪŋɡl̩/

Definition of ingle

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete)An open fireplace.
    “Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely”
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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete)An open fireplace.
    “Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely”
  2. A catamite; a male lover
    “What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players?”
    “Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle's accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.”
    “My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles!”

verb

  1. (obsolete)To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
    “Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal.

Anagrams of ingle

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