Angle. member of a Teutonic tribe, Old English, from Latin Angli "the Angles," literally "people of Angul " (Old Norse Öngull ), a region in what is now Holstein, said to be so-called for its hook-like shape (see angle (n.)). Or the name might refer to fishing (with hooks) as a main activity of the people, and Proto-Germanic *anguz is said also to have meant "narrow," so it might refer to …

a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage; angler ( n.) a fisherman who uses a hook and line; Synonyms: troller. angler ( n.) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey; Synonyms: goosefish / anglerfish / angler fish / monkfish / lotte / allmouth / Lophius Americanus.

1590s, "having an angle or angles, pointy," from Latin angularis "having corners or angles," from angulus "angle, corner" (see angle (n.)). Earlier in an astrological sense, "occupying a cardinal point of the zodiac" (late 14c.). Angulous "having many corners" is from mid-15c. Angular as "measured by an angle" is from 1670s, hence angular ...

angling (n.) "art of fishing with a rod and line," late 15c., verbal noun from angle (v.1).. It is but a sory lyfe and an yuell to stand anglynge all day to catche a fewe fisshes.

archon (n.) one of the nine chief magistrates of ancient Athens, 1650s, from Greek arkhon "ruler, commander, chief, captain," noun use of present participle of arkhein "be the first," thence "to begin, begin from or with, make preparation for;" also "to rule, lead the way, govern, rule over, be leader of," a word of uncertain origin. angel (n ...

angle (n.) "space or difference in direction between intersecting lines," late 14c., from Old French angle "an angle, a corner" (12c.) and directly from Latin angulus "an angle, a corner," a diminutive form from PIE root *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (source also of Greek ankylos "bent, crooked," Latin ang (u)ere "to compress in a bend, fold, strangle;" Old Church Slavonic aglu "corner;" Lithuanian anka …

Anglo-American (n.) "English person who has settled in North America," 1738, from Anglo- + American. Originally often in contrast to German immigrants; later (1830s) in contrast to French-Canadians, Louisiana French, Spanish Mexicans. As an adjective from 1797, "pertaining to the English who have settled in America;" meaning "pertaining to both ...

angle (n.) "space or difference in direction between intersecting lines," late 14c., from Old French angle "an angle, a corner" (12c.) and directly from Latin angulus "an angle, a corner," a diminutive form from PIE root *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (source also of Greek ankylos "bent, crooked," Latin ang (u)ere "to compress in a bend, fold, strangle;" Old Church Slavonic aglu "corner;" Lithuanian anka …

Definitions of dangle. dangle ( v.) hang freely; the ornaments dangled from the tree. Synonyms: swing / drop. dangle ( v.) cause to dangle or hang freely; He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree. From wordnet.princeton.edu.