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Fangled vs Fankled - What's the difference?

fangled | fankled |

As verbs the difference between fangled and fankled

is that fangled is past tense of fangle while fankled is past tense of fankle.

As an adjective fankled is

tangled.

fangled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fangle)

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    fangle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (fangl)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Milton)
    • To control and new fangle the Scripture.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
    • Usage notes
    Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression new fangled.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Derived erroneously from as if (new) + fangle. See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
  • Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
  • A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
  • A conceit; whim.

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    fankled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fankle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) Tangled.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 110:
    • I did not like the bushes where I was sitting. Ye could not see in. It was just leaves and leaves and all thick branches all fankled , all stuff poking out, fuzzy stuff and poison too, so ye could not go in [...].