Etymology

fankle

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Today it means: To tangle or entangle. Full definition →

Scots fankle
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  1. Scots · borrowed fromfankle
  2. English todayfankle

From Scots fankle, (compare English fangle), equivalent to fank (“coil, noose, vang”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Doublet of fangle.

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