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rankle

verb

ran·​kle ˈraŋ-kəl How to pronounce rankle (audio)
rankled; rankling ˈraŋ-k(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce rankle (audio)

intransitive verb

1
: to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness
2
: to feel anger and irritation

transitive verb

: to cause irritation or bitterness in

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The Connection Between Rankle and Dragon

When rankle was first used in English, it meant "to fester," and that meaning is related to French words referring to a sore and tracing to Latin dracunculus. The Latin is from draco, the word for a serpent and the source of English's dragon. The transition from serpents to sores is apparently from people associating the appearance of certain ulcers or tumors to small serpents.

Example Sentences

The joke about her family rankled her. that kind of rude treatment from a young person makes me rankle
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English ranclen to fester, from Anglo-French rancler, from Old French draoncler, raoncler, from draoncle, raoncle festering sore, from Medieval Latin dracunculus, from Latin, diminutive of draco serpent — more at dragon

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rankle was in 1606

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