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fangle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from f?n (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang, onfang.
Verb
fangle (third-person singular simple present fangles, present participle fangling, simple past and past participle fangled)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy[1]:
- […] not hereby to control and new fangle the Scripture, God forbid, but to mark how corruption and apostasy crept in by degrees, and to gather up wherever we find the remaining sparks of original truth, […]
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy[1]:
- (obsolete or dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
- (obsolete or dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
Usage notes
Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression newfangled.
Derived terms
- fangleness
- newfangle
- newfangled
Etymology 2
Back formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.
Noun
fangle (plural fangles)
- (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
- Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
- A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
- A conceit; whim.
Anagrams
- flange
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mangle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Etymology 1
From Middle English mangelen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.
Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.
Verb
mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)
- (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
- c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
- when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
- c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mangel, from late Middle High German mangel, enhanced form of mange, originally “mangonel”, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum. Doublet of mangonel. Cognate with German Mangel, Dutch mangel, both “mangle”.
Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
Derived terms
- put through the mangle
Translations
Verb
mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)
- (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
Translations
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
- mangrove (tree)
Anagrams
- Gelman, leg man, legman, lemang, mangel
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish mangle.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ma?.?l?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ma?.?le/
Noun
mangle m (plural mangles)
- mangrove
Danish
Etymology
From German mangeln (“to lack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man?l?/, [?m??l?]
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl, infinitive at mangle, present tense mangler, past tense manglede, perfect tense er/har manglet)
- lack
- want
- need
- be missing
- be lacking
- be absent
German
Verb
mangle
- inflection of mangeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German mangeln
Pronunciation
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl or mangle, present tense mangler, simple past and past participle mangla or manglet, present participle manglende)
- to lack (something)
Related terms
- mangel
References
- “mangle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From Galibi Carib or Taíno/Arawak.
Noun
mangle m (plural mangles)
- mangrove
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