Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hantle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: han-tle
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal.

British usage

Example Sentences

"An Irish creature, Erbert Ellison was the name, ran the place for the trustees, he said, but if you might believe all the stories you heard he ran a hantle more silver into his own pouch than he ran into theirs."

Etymology

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from Middle English *antel, *antæl, from Old English *antæl, *andtæl, equivalent to and- + tale (“number”); or more likely of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish antal, Danish antal (“a number, multitude”), Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”), and German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”). The addition of initial h is believed to be due to influence from Middle English handfull (“handful”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *antel, *antæl

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

hantles (plural) hantel (alternative) hauntle (alternative) hontle (alternative) hancle (alternative) hankle (alternative) hantill (alternative)

Synonyms

abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton bumload

Questions

What does hantle mean?: A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal.
Where does hantle come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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