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INKLING
inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
(noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding; “he had no inkling what was about to happen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
inkling (plural inklings)
Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
Synonym: intimation
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
(Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.
Etymology 2
Verb
inkling
present participle of inkle
Anagrams
• kilning, klining, linking
Source: Wiktionary
In"kling, n.
Definition: A hint; an intimation. The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.
INKLE
In"kle, n. Etym: [Prob.the same word as lingle, the first l being mistaken for the definite article in French. See Lingle.]
Definition: A kind of tape or braid. Shak.
In"kle, v. t. Etym: [OE. inklen to hint; cf. Dan. ymte to whisper.]
Definition: To guess. [Prov. Eng.] "She inkled what it was." R. D. Blackmore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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