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fleshlings

fleshlings is the plural of fleshling.

Meaning of fleshling

Noun

fleshling (plural fleshlings)

  1. (derogatory) A creature made of flesh; a human being.
  2. (obsolete) A person devoted to sensual pursuits.
    • […] theyr entente was to set forthe the iustice of God, whych is to rewarde the spirituall […] wyth the blessynges promised, & the fleshlynges (the reprobate) with the plages thretned […]1548, Robert Crowley, “Shaxton. The .xiii. Article”, in The confutation of the xiii articles [of] Nicolas Shaxton

Questions about fleshlings

What is fleshlings the plural of?
Fleshlings is the plural of fleshling.

Words near fleshlings in the dictionary

  1. fleshlihood
  2. fleshlike
  3. fleshlily
  4. fleshliness
  5. fleshling
  6. fleshlings
  7. fleshloaf
  8. fleshloaves
  9. fleshly
  10. Fleshman
  11. Fleshmans

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