"niefling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈniːflɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: nieflings [plural], niephling [alternative]
enPR: nēfʹlĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Blend of niece + nephew + sibling. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|niece|nephew|sibling}} Blend of niece + nephew + sibling Head templates: {{en-noun}} niefling (plural nieflings)
  1. (rare) A nibling. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Family members
    Sense id: en-niefling-en-noun-AbTiMuiv Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2013 April 25, Quid, “Is losing contact with your brother *that bad*?”, in Penny Arcade Forums, archived from the original on 2015-05-13:",
          "text": "I come from a very large family (three brothers, three sisters, about as many aunts and uncles, and loads more cousins and nieflings) almost all of whom I've fallen out of contact with and honestly don't feel bad about it.",
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          "ref": "2018, Shelley Streeby, “Acknowledgments”, in Imagining the Future of Climate Change: World-Making through Science Fiction and Activism, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 129:",
          "text": "As well, while writing this book, I thought a lot about the future world I hope my nieflings, Kathryn, Brittany, Evan, Wyatt, Avery, Reed, Aurora, Jordan, and Megan, will see and help to make.",
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          "ref": "2021, Mortellus, “Advanced Planning”, in Do I Have to Wear Black? Rituals, Customs & Funerary Etiquette for Modern Pagans, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Here’s what that might look like: your spouse/s (your long-term partner/s, if you are unmarried, have no legal rights unless you grant it to them prior to your death), your children by majority vote, your parents, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents, nieflings, the siblings of your parents, and so on—there are rules for determining who’s next in line all the way down to your first cousins twice removed!",
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