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isle /ʌɪl /noun chiefly literaryAn island or peninsula, especially a small one: Crusoe’s fabled isle [in place names]: the British Isles...- This house is set on the side of a low wooded hill overlooking Lough Gill and the lake isle of Innisfree.
- There are the Bikini Islanders, a gentle people who consider the tiny isle their home.
- As my thinking cap is keeping me positive, the emerald isle moves me.
OriginMiddle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-century French) is influenced by Latin. Rhymesaisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile |