Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
warriangle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Obs. or Prov. Eng. The red-backed shrike (
Lanius collurio ); -- called alsowürger ,worrier , andthrottler .
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- noun UK The
red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio).
Etymologies
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Old English wariangel, weryangle; compare Anglo-Saxon wearg outlaw, criminal, Old High German, warg, warch, Gothic wargs (in compounds), German würgengel, i.e. destroying angel, destroyer, killer, and English worry.
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chained_bear commented on the word wariangle
"'There is your wariangle again, carrying a mouse, upon my word.'
"Stephen spoke of shrikes he had known, particularly the woodchat shrike of his boyhood, at some length; and he offered to show Jack the difference between the chiffchaff and the willow-wren, several of which were flitting about in the leaves just overhead."
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 81
March 16, 2008
sionnach commented on the word wariangle
I suppose, depending on their little avian IQ's, wariangles could be classified as being obtuse or acute.
March 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word wariangle
I think it depends more on the size of their little hypotenuses. Or really on the angle of their... well. I'll leave that alone.
March 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the word wariangle
Provincial nickname for the Red-Backed Shrike. Was also spelled warriangle or weirangle.
August 26, 2008