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darklings

darklings is the plural of darkling.

Meaning of darkling

Noun (1)

darkling (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Darkness.
    • She carried some rugs for me through the shrubbery in the darkling. "They'll think we've gone mooning," she said, jerking her head at the household. "I wonder what they make of us – criminals."1909, H.G. Wells, Chapter the First: The Stick of the Rocket, in Tono-Bungay, Book the Fourth: The Aftermath of Tono-Bungay

Noun (2)

darkling (plural darklings)

  1. (obsolete) A child of darkness; someone dark by nature or who has grown dark in character.
  2. A creature that lives in the dark.
  3. (poetic) A demon.

See all 7 meanings of darkling

Adverb

darklings (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) In the darkness.

Questions about darklings

What does darklings mean?
Darklings means in the darkness.
What is darklings the plural of?
Darklings is the plural of darkling.
What part of speech is darklings?
Darklings is an adverb.

Words near darklings in the dictionary

  1. darkliest
  2. Darklina
  3. darkling
  4. darkling beetle
  5. darkling beetles
  6. darklings
  7. darkly
  8. darkmans
  9. darknes
  10. darkness
  11. darknesse

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