Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

betangle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-tan-gle
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber.

Example Sentences

"But it is plain to all of us, that that woman is betangling you more and more every day; she has got you in her tiles; she's a-weaning you one by one from all your good old friends, and won't allow you even a single hour to spend amongst us."
"It thought it had so finessed the problem of New Caledonia that the independence conflict there would not betangle next year's parliamentary election in France."

Etymology

From be- (“around, about”) + tangle.

Inflected Forms

betangles (present, singular) betangling (participle, present) betangled (participle, past) betangled (past)

Derived Forms

betanglement

Questions

What does betangle mean?: To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber.
Where does betangle come from?: From be- (“around, about”) + tangle.

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