inkling

noun3

1. •
   Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.

   • [T]he present recalled the past, robed in the memories of its thousand dark and damning deeds of ignorance and superstition, and gave inklings of a brighter and better future; [...] — 1856
2. •
   Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.

   • Of the thing that sustains him through trials man has no inkling, much less knowledge, at the time. — 1927
3. •
   (dialect, UK) A desire, an inclination.