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elenge

elenge is the alternative form of ellinge.

Meaning of ellinge

Adjective

ellinge (comparative more ellinge, superlative most ellinge)

  1. (Kent, dialectal, obsolete, Sussex) Isolated, lonely, dreary, unsettling.
    • ELlinge: Solitary, lonely, melancholy, farre from neighbours: q. elongatus. Suß. a Gallico Eſloigner. Ellende in the Ancient Saxon ſignifies procul, farre off, farre from.[1674, John Ray, “[South and East Countrey Words.]”, in A Collection of English Words. Not Generally Used, with Their Significations and Original, […], London: […] H. Bruges for Tho[mas] Burrell […]...

Forms of elenge

comparativemore elenge
superlativemost elenge

Questions about elenge

What is elenge the alternative form of?
Elenge is the alternative form of ellinge.

Words near elenge in the dictionary

  1. elenchtical
  2. elenchus
  3. elenctic
  4. elenctic method
  5. elenctical
  6. elenge
  7. Eleni
  8. Elenydd
  9. eleocyte
  10. eleocytes
  11. eleolite

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