Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engle

/ˈɛŋɡəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: en-gle
IPA: /ˈɛŋɡəl/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of ingle (“paramour”)

Obsolete

verb

Alternative spelling of ingle (“cajole”)

Obsolete

name

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Synonym of Angle (“member of the tribe of Angles”).

Example Sentences

"What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging[…]"
"I'll presently go and engle some broker."
"The Engle or English man absorbed the Saxon, absorbed the Jute, but himself remained English."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

engles (plural) engles (present, singular) engling (participle, present) engled (participle, past) engled (past)

Synonyms

butter up inveigle sweet-talk blandander blandish cajole sweeten fast-talk canoodle carny coax collogue

Rhymes With

bengal stengel mengel bengel hengel lengel

Questions

How do you pronounce engle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛŋɡəl/.
What does engle mean?: Alternative spelling of ingle (“paramour”)

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