dingle
See also: Dingle
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editdingle (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
editsmall, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley
See also
edit- dingle-dangle (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editVerb
editdingle (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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb
editdingle (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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