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   inkling

   /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint: "the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘a mention in an undertone, a hint’): from the rare verb inkle ‘utter in an undertone’, of unknown origin.

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   What does inkling mean?

   • The meaning of INKLING is a slight knowledge or vague notion. How to use inkling in a sentence. Did you know?

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   Where did the word inkling come from?

   • inkling (n.) c. 1400, apparently from the gerund of the Middle English verb inclen "utter in an undertone, hint at, hint" (mid-14c.), which is of unknown origin; perhaps it is related to Old English inca "doubt, suspicion, question, scruple."

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   What does Inkle mean in English?

   • One related word you might not have heard of is the rare verb inkle, a back-formation of inkling that in some British English dialects can mean “to utter or communicate in an undertone or whisper, to hint, give a hint of” or “to have an idea or notion of.”

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   What is a tinkling & an inkling?

   • Inklings, like tinklings, were small sounds. Specifically, an inkling was an indistinct hearing of the use of one’s own name. This meaning is demonstrated in the earliest known use of the word, in the Alliterative Romance of Alexander the Great, circa 1400–50: “ [Alexander] Herd a nyngkiling of his name, & naytis him [exerted himself] to ryse.”

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   The meaning of INKLING is a slight knowledge or vague notion. How to use inkling in a sentence. Did you know?

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   INKLING definition: 1. a feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not certain: 2. a…. Learn more.

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   Inkling definition: a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation. See examples of INKLING used in a sentence.

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   noun. a slight suggestion or vague understanding. “he had no inkling what was about to happen”. synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation. see more. see less. type of: suggestion. an idea that is suggested.

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   inkling in American English. (ˈɪŋklɪŋ) noun. 1. a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation. They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen. 2. a vague idea or notion; slight understanding. They didn't have an inkling of how the new invention worked.