gangler

English

Etymology

gangle +‎ -er

Noun

gangler (plural ganglers)

1. One who gangles or is gangly.
   • 1993, Gardner R. Dozois, Modern Classics of Science Fiction‎^[1]:

     "I'm Robert Rampart Junior," said a nine-year-old gangler, "and we want it pretty blamed quick."

   • 1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Fat Art Thin Art‎^[2]:

     ...it had spawned this elegant square-jawed young gangler, this inspired, easy student...

   • 1999, James Michael Welsh, John C. Tibbetts, editors, The Cinema of Tony Richardson: Essays and Interviews‎^[3]:

     ...he was a "loping creature who looked about seven feet tall" and "had the authoritative stoop of a gangler who is born to mastery."

   • 2000, Sylvia Plath, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: short stories, prose, and diary excerpts‎^[4]:

     Everybody went: the spry, the shy, the podge, the gangler, the future electronic scientist, the future cop who would one night kick a diabetic to death...

   • 2002, Hortense Calisher, Sunday Jews‎^[5]:

     Yet was it "down in the teen dump," as her cousin Eustace, an older gangler of like temperament, had called it, that she'd acquired a lifelong habit of feeling always more the observer than the observed?

Anagrams

• gangrel

Middle French

Etymology

Old French jangler.

Verb

gangler

1. to tell entertaining stories
   • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     Si en parloient et gangloient tout chevauchant ensemble

     They spoke about it and told each other anecdotes while on horseback together

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of gangler

infinitive	simple	gangler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	ganglant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		ganglé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gangle	gangles	gangle	ganglons	ganglez	ganglent
	imperfect	ganglois, gangloys	ganglois, gangloys	gangloit, gangloyt	ganglions, ganglyons	gangliez, ganglyez	gangloient, gangloyent
	past historic	gangla	ganglas	gangla	ganglasmes	ganglastes	ganglerent
	future	ganglerai, gangleray	gangleras	ganglera	ganglerons	ganglerez	gangleront
	conditional	ganglerois, gangleroys	ganglerois, gangleroys	gangleroit, gangleroyt	ganglerions, gangleryons	gangleriez, gangleryez	gangleroient, gangleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gangle	gangles	gangle	ganglons	ganglez	ganglent
	imperfect	ganglasse	ganglasses	ganglast	ganglassions	ganglassiez	ganglassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gangle	—	ganglons	ganglez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).