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Webster 1913 Edition
Jangler
Jan′gler
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
jangleor
.] 1.
An idle talker; a babbler; a prater.
Chaucer.
2.
A wrangling, noisy fellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jangler
JAN'GLER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
jangler
jangler
Old French
Etymology
Latin iocor, ioculor (“to jest, to make fun”).
Verb
jangler
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of jangler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | jangler | avoir janglé | |||||
| gerund | en janglant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | janglant | ||||||
| past participle | janglé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | jangle | jangles | jangle | janglons | janglez | janglent |
| imperfect | jangloie, jangleie, jangloe, jangleve | jangloies, jangleies, jangloes, jangleves | jangloit, jangleit, janglot, jangleve | jangliiens, jangliens | jangliiez, jangliez | jangloient, jangleient, jangloent, janglevent | |
| preterite | janglai | janglas | jangla | janglames | janglastes | janglerent | |
| future | janglerai | jangleras | janglera | janglerons | jangleroiz, janglereiz, janglerez | jangleront | |
| conditional | jangleroie, janglereie | jangleroies, janglereies | jangleroit, janglereit | jangleriiens, jangleriens | jangleriiez, jangleriez | jangleroient, janglereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | jangle | jangles | jangle | janglons | janglez | janglent |
| imperfect | janglasse | janglasses | janglast | janglissons, janglissiens | janglissoiz, janglissez, janglissiez | janglassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | jangle | — | janglons | janglez | — | ||