bangle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stiff ornamental bracelet or anklet, usually slipped over the hand or foot or closed with a clasp

   Cecily shows Algernon the little bangle with a true lover's knot that she bought in his name.

2. 2
   noun

   a small ornamental disk or trinket that hangs loosely from jewelry

   A silver bangle hanging from the bracelet chimed against the other charms.

Borrowed in the eighteenth century from Hindi bangli, denoting a bracelet or ring-shaped ornament. English first used bangle for rigid bracelets or anklets and later extended it to small ornaments that hang loosely from jewelry.

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