Ingle Definition

ĭnggəl
noun
A fire or blaze, esp. on a hearth.
Webster's New World
A fireplace.
Webster's New World

A catamite.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart.

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verb

(obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.

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Other Word Forms of Ingle

Noun

Singular:
ingle
Plural:
ingles

Origin of Ingle

  • Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps Scottish Gaelic aingeal fire, light

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown.

    From Wiktionary

Ingle Sentence Examples

  • A little later, during his temporary absence in England, his followers on the island were reduced to submission; but in 1644, while the Civil War in England was in progress, he was back in the province assisting Richard Ingle, a pirate who claimed to be acting in the interest of parliament, in raising an insurrection which deprived Governor Calvert of his office for about a year and a half.

  • Andi Ingle, owner of the Renoir art-house cinema in the center, said he would not welcome any further building work.

  • Medieval Fireplace hoods and ingle nooks saw a return.

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