Engleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

engle (plural engles)

1. A favourite; a paramour; an ingle.
   • 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging […]

動詞

engle (third-person singular simple present engles, present participle engling, simple past and past participle engled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cajole or coax.

   Synonyms: butter up, inveigle, sweet-talk; see also Thesaurus:coax

   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

     I'll presently go and engle some broker.

アナグラム

• Engel, gleen, glene