UrsprungUncertain. Attested since 1963. Likely from a Norrlandic dialectal word related to mögla (“to become moldy”).
- to wangle, to finagle (engage in (minor) deception, dishonesty, or bad faith tactics to get what one wants)
Formermyglar(present) · myglade(preterite) · myglat(supine) · mygla(imperative) · mygla(active, infinitive) · myglas(infinitive, passive) · myglat(active, supine) · myglats(passive, supine) · mygla(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · myglen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · myglar(active, indicative, present) · myglade(active, indicative, past) · myglas(indicative, passive, present) · myglades(indicative, passive, past) · mygla(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · myglade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · myglas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · myglades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)