Wankle

//ˈwæŋkəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on. Northern-England, UK, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.

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