Ingle vs Cingle - What's the difference?
ingle | cingle |
A catamite.
* 1926 , , :
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 318:
A kind of belt or other girdle.
* 1990 , Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers :
As verbs the difference between ingle and cingle
is that ingle is (obsolete) to cajole or coax; to wheedle while cingle is .As a noun ingle
is (obsolete|or|scotland) an open fireplace or ingle can be a catamite or ingle can be (obsolete) a paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart.As an adjective cingle is
nuts, bonkers, crazy.ingle
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps compare (etyl) .Derived terms
* inglenookEtymology 2
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- 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 !
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
* engleAnagrams
* ----cingle
English
Noun
(en noun)- A triangle of arcs, her slip , flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle .