† cringle-cranglen.adj.adv.

Forms: 1500s–1700s cringle-crangle, 1800s cring'l-crang'l.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crangle v.

Etymology: Apparently a reduplication with vowel variation of crangle v. (although this is first attested later). Compare crinkle-crankle n.

Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use).

A. n.

A zigzag; a mass of twists and turns. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s)

folda1250

windinga1387

wrinkling1387

revolution?a1425

wrinkle1430

crink1567

crank1572

cringle-crangle1573

crinkle1596

crankle1598

crinkle-crankle1598

meander1603

anfractuosity1612

ins and outs1655

sinuationa1676

insinuationa1684

anfractus1719

sinuosity1720

flexuosity1737

evolution1765

cringle1808

wriggle1825

voluminosity1841

squiggle1902

1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 813 This argument is intricate, and full of many inuersed cringle crangles.

1688 Head's Eng. Rogue (new ed.) iv. xxiii. 196 I had prepared a great deal of scribble or cringle-crangle, and so from thence began to take the height of her Fortune.

1739 Poor Robin sig. C8 When Don Phœbus enters that cringle-crangle which the rablars would have to be a pair of heavenly scales.

B. adj. (and adv.)

Winding in and out; having twists and turns; twisted. Also as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves

wrinklingly1387

cringle-crangle1781

crinkle-crankle1804

vermicularly1812

flexuously1846

sinuously1847

meanderingly1865

serpentiningly1871

sinuosely1874

sinuous1885

meandrically1886

1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A4^v The busky groues..With cringle crangle hornes do ring alowd.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 88/2 Cringle-crangle.., zig-zag.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cring'l-crang'l, zig-zag.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cringle-crangle
释义	† cringle-cranglen.adj.adv. Forms: 1500s–1700s cringle-crangle, 1800s cring'l-crang'l. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crangle v. Etymology: Apparently a reduplication with vowel variation of crangle v. (although this is first attested later). Compare crinkle-crankle n. Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use). A. n. A zigzag; a mass of twists and turns. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) folda1250 windinga1387 wrinkling1387 revolution?a1425 wrinkle1430 crink1567 crank1572 cringle-crangle1573 crinkle1596 crankle1598 crinkle-crankle1598 meander1603 anfractuosity1612 ins and outs1655 sinuationa1676 insinuationa1684 anfractus1719 sinuosity1720 flexuosity1737 evolution1765 cringle1808 wriggle1825 voluminosity1841 squiggle1902 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 813 This argument is intricate, and full of many inuersed cringle crangles. 1688 Head's Eng. Rogue (new ed.) iv. xxiii. 196 I had prepared a great deal of scribble or cringle-crangle, and so from thence began to take the height of her Fortune. 1739 Poor Robin sig. C8 When Don Phœbus enters that cringle-crangle which the rablars would have to be a pair of heavenly scales. B. adj. (and adv.) Winding in and out; having twists and turns; twisted. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves wrinklingly1387 cringle-crangle1781 crinkle-crankle1804 vermicularly1812 flexuously1846 sinuously1847 meanderingly1865 serpentiningly1871 sinuosely1874 sinuous1885 meandrically1886 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A4^v The busky groues..With cringle crangle hornes do ring alowd. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 88/2 Cringle-crangle.., zig-zag. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Cring'l-crang'l, zig-zag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.adv.1573
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