INKLING


Meaning of INKLING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈiŋ-kliŋ ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English yngkiling whisper, mention, probably from inclen to hint at; akin to Old English inca suspicion

Date: 1513

1. : a slight indication or suggestion : hint , clue

there was no path—no inkling even of a track — New Yorker

2. : a slight knowledge or vague notion

had not the faintest inkling of what it was all about — H. W. Carter

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.