dingle
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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Related to dungeon.
Pronunciation
Noun
dingle (plural dingles)
- A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
- 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Chapter 4”, in The Two Towers, Book III:
- Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.
Translations
small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley
Etymology 2
Adjective
dingle (comparative more dingle, superlative most dingle)
- (Antarctica, slang) Having good weather.
- 1978, Anthony Smith, Wilderness (page 40)
- Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort.
- 1989, Nautical Quarterly (volume 45, page 24)
- Indeed, on a dingle day in the Antarctic your optimism soars about what you can do. After three days of blustery weather we woke up to
- 2004, John Kelly, Due South: An Antarctic Journal (page 53)
- On this 'dingle' day the last breezes of summer blow from the south. Sitting at Garnet Hill I am blinded by the sunlight on the ice.
- 1978, Anthony Smith, Wilderness (page 40)
See also
- dingle-dangle (etymologically unrelated)
- dingle stick
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
dingle (imperative dingl or dingle, present tense dingler, passive dingles, simple past and past participle dingla or dinglet, present participle dinglende)
References
- “dingle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
dingle (present tense dinglar, past tense dingla, past participle dingla, passive infinitive dinglast, present participle dinglande, imperative dingle/dingl)
References
- “dingle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.