Etymology

rickle

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Today it means: A loose, disordered collection of things; a heap; a jumble. Full definition →

Scots rickle ← Old English hrēac
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhrēac“stack”
  2. Scots · derived fromrickle
  3. English todayrickle

From Scots rickle, from Old English hrēac (“stack”) with the Scots suffix -le (“full (of)”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhrēac all →

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