/ˈɪŋɡəl/
OriginFrom Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal.
- Northern-England, Scotland, obsoleteAn open fireplace.
“Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely”
- A catamite; a male lover
“What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players?”
“Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle's accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.”
“My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles!”
- obsoleteTo cajole or coax; to wheedle.
“Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]”
Formsingles(plural) · engle(alternative) · ingles(present, singular, third-person) · ingling(participle, present) · ingled(participle, past) · ingled(past)