inkling
noun
[ ˈɪŋklɪŋ ]
• a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.
• "the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world"
Similar:
idea,
vague idea,
notion,
glimmering,
sense,
impression,
suggestion,
indication,
whisper,
suspicion,
sneaking suspicion,
fancy,
hunch,
knowledge,
slight knowledge,
hint,
clue,
intimation,
sign,
pointer,
insinuation,
innuendo,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘a mention in an undertone, a hint’): from the rare verb inkle ‘utter in an undertone’, of unknown origin.
