kangledadj.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
Tangled.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective]
snarledc1440
entangled1561
intrinsicate1562
interlaqueate1575
kangled1577
intricate1579
ravelled1594
tangled1600
perplexed1605
intrincea1616
intertangleda1625
intangle1642
snarly1647
intertwisteda1659
tangly1813
reticular1818
uncardeda1833
tanglesome1888
warpled1897
pretzelled1938
1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 28 The Combe, Adornde with teeth on euery side..I parte the kangled locks.
1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. 57 That thread be kangled.
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