"hinderling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hinderlings [plural]
Etymology: "Worthless person" sense: from Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), from Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), equivalent to hinder + -ling. Compare hilding. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hinderling||a laggard, coward}} Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), {{inh|en|ang|hinderling||a mean wretch, a sneak}} Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), {{suffix|en|hinder|ling}} hinder + -ling, {{m|en|hilding}} hilding Head templates: {{en-noun}} hinderling (plural hinderlings)
  1. (British, dialectal) A worthless, degenerate person or animal. Tags: British, dialectal
    Sense id: en-hinderling-en-noun-UVcItHmI Categories (other): British English, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 55 45
  2. (dated, in the plural) The buttocks; the posterior. Tags: dated, in-plural
    Sense id: en-hinderling-en-noun--gPE~HAI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hinderlin

Inflected forms

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