WANKLE

Etymology

Adjective

wankle (comparative more wankle, superlative most wankle)

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.

Anagrams

• knawel

Source: Wiktionary


Wan"kle, a. Etym: [AS. wancol.]

Definition: Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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