fankled

English

Etymology

From fankle +‎ -ed.

Verb

fankled

1. simple past and past participle of fankle

Adjective

fankled (comparative more fankled, superlative most fankled)

1. (Scotland) Tangled.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 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 [...].

Anagrams

• flanked