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Word: Inkling
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪŋklɪŋ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint
Short Definition:slight knowledge or suspicion
Examples:- the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world
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