wankle

English

Etymology

From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwæŋkəl/
  • Rhymes: -æŋkəl

Adjective

wankle (comparative more wankle, superlative most wankle)

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

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English wankel, wankill, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.

Adjective

wankle (comparative mair wankle, superlative maist wankle)

  1. weak
  2. unsteady
    • G. Stuart
      Your wankle leggs canno support ye / Sae sit ye down, till I exhort ye.
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