entrammel

E1N1T1R1A1M3M3E1L1

verb

To hamper by entangling.

OriginEnglish trammel ← Middle English en- ← Old French en- →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbentrammel (third-person singular simple present entrammels, present participle (US) entrammeling or (UK) entrammelling, simple past and past participle (US) entrammeled or (UK) entrammelled)

present singular third person entrammels · US participle present entrammeling · UK participle present entrammelling · US participle past entrammeled · US past entrammeled · UK participle past entrammelled · UK past entrammelled

  1. transitiveTo hamper by entangling.

    The implicit theology of the Hebrew Bible dictates a complex moral and psychological realism in biblical narrative because God's purposes are always entrammeled in history, dependent on the acts of individual men and women for their continuing realization.

    1981, Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible”, in The Art of Biblical Narrative, page 12

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishtrammel
  9. Englishentrammel

From en- + trammel.

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APA

entrammel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrammel

MLA

“entrammel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrammel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entrammel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrammel.

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