different between dwindle vs twindle
dwindle
English
Etymology
Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dw?nan (“to waste away”), equivalent to dwine +? -le, akin to Old Norse dvena/dvína (Danish tvine (“to pine away”), Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?dw?n.d?l/
- Rhymes: -?nd?l
Verb
dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)
- (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
- 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace
- [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]
- 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace
- (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III
- The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
- The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III
- (transitive) To lessen; to bring low.
- Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought.
- To break up or disperse.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- windled
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twindle
English
Etymology
From Middle English *twinle, *twinnle, from Old English *twinnla (“twin, twinling”), equivalent to twin +? -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German gizwinalo (“twin”).
Noun
twindle (plural twindles)
- (chiefly dialectal) A twin or twinling.
Related terms
- twyndyllyng
Anagrams
- indwelt, wintled
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