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blindling

blindling noun: a blind person.

Noun

blindling (plural blindlings)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A blind person.
    • He is but a puppy, once my pretty little man, now blear-eyed, or rather a blindling; having never had any mental vision, he has now lost his bodily sight; a silly coxcomb, fancying himself a beauty; […]Salmasius, quoted in 1883, James Baldwin, English Literature & Literary Criticism (page 349)

Forms of blindling

pluralblindlings

Origin of blindling

blind + -ling

Questions about blindling

What does blindling mean?
Blindling means a blind person.
What part of speech is blindling?
Blindling is a noun.
What is the plural of blindling?
The plural of blindling is blindlings.

Words near blindling in the dictionary

  1. blindish
  2. blindism
  3. blindisms
  4. blindless
  5. Blindley Heath
  6. blindling
  7. blindlings
  8. blindly
  9. blindman
  10. blindman's buff
  11. blindman's holiday

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