bangle
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”).
NounEdit
bangle (plural bangles)
- A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15
- Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15
TranslationsEdit
a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp
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Etymology 2Edit
Unknown, yet probably from bang + -le (frequentative suffix).
VerbEdit
bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled)
- (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
- (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:, New York Review Books 2001, p.273:
- Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].
- If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.
- (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
- (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
Etymology 3Edit
Apparently from bang (verb) + -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.
NounEdit
bangle (plural bangles)
- (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs