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dustling

dustling noun: a small grain or particle; mote; speck.

Noun

dustling (plural dustlings)

  1. A small grain or particle; mote; speck.
    • Now Gods Almightiness is within the least punctum physicum, or dustling of body, ('twas made and is kept in being by Almightiness). But Gods Almightiness being God himself, himself is there altogether.2012, Jasper Reid, The Metaphysics of Henry More
  2. One formed from the dust; human being.
    • Without culture, without a garden, how could this human dustling survive in the wildness of even a very good created world?2010, W. David O. Taylor, For the Beauty of the Church

Forms of dustling

pluraldustlings

Origin of dustling

From dust + -ling.

Questions about dustling

What does dustling mean?
Dustling means a small grain or particle; mote; speck.
What part of speech is dustling?
Dustling is a noun.
What is the plural of dustling?
The plural of dustling is dustlings.

Words near dustling in the dictionary

  1. dustjacket
  2. dustjackets
  3. dustless
  4. dustlessness
  5. dustlike
  6. dustling
  7. dustlings
  8. dustman
  9. Dustmans
  10. dustmat
  11. dustmats

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