"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 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 entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (dated, in the plural) The buttocks; the posterior. Tags: dated, in-plural
    Sense id: en-hinderling-en-noun--gPE~HAI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hinderlin

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈxin.der.linɡ/, [ˈhin.derˠ.liŋɡ]
Etymology: From By surface analysis, hinder- + -ling (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{surf|ang|hinder-|-ling|pos2=diminutive suffix}} By surface analysis, hinder- + -ling (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=hinderling|head2=|sort=}} hinderling m, {{ang-noun|m|head=hinderling}} hinderling m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|hinderling}}, {{ang-decl-noun|hinderling|hinderlingas|hinderling|hinderlingas|hinderlinges|hinderlinga|hinderlinge|hinderlingum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hinderling [nominative, singular], hinderlingas [nominative, plural], hinderling [accusative, singular], hinderlingas [accusative, plural], hinderlinges [genitive, singular], hinderlinga [genitive, plural], hinderlinge [dative, singular], hinderlingum [dative, plural]
  1. a mean, base, contemptible person Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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