Associations to the word «Inkling»

Wiktionary

INKLING, noun. A slight suspicion or hint.
INKLING, noun. (dialect) Inclination, desire.
INKLING, verb. Present participle of inkle

Dictionary definition

INKLING, noun. A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats