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See also: Dingle
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Related to dungeon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
- Rhymes: -ɪməl
Noun
[edit]dingle (plural dingles)
- A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
- 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Chapter 4”, in The Two Towers, Book III:
- Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.
Translations
[edit]small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley
See also
[edit]- dingle-dangle (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]dingle (imperative dingl or dingle, present tense dingler, passive dingles, simple past and past participle dingla or dinglet, present participle dinglende)
References
[edit]- “dingle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]dingle (present tense dinglar, past tense dingla, past participle dingla, passive infinitive dinglast, present participle dinglande, imperative dingle/dingl)
References
[edit]- “dingle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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