wankle

English

Etymology

From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæŋkəl/
• Rhymes: -æŋkəl

Adjective

wankle (comparative more wankle, superlative most wankle)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.

Anagrams

• knawel

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English wankel, wankill, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.

Adjective

wankle (comparative mair wankle, superlative maist wankle)

1. weak
2. unsteady
   • G. Stuart

     Your wankle leggs canno support ye / Sae sit ye down, till I exhort ye.

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