Word of the Day – Fankle

Fankle (verb)

fank-uhl

(Scottish) A tangle, a muddle, or state of confusion.

A lovely sounding word fankle comes from the Scots fank ‘coil of rope’+ -le.

Example sentences

“Mr Pinkerton’s leg got fankled in among the chairs, an’ he fell on the tap o’ the minister.”

“It’s all fankled around the chain and I can’t untangle it.”