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littling

littling noun: a little one; a child.

Noun

littling (plural littlings)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A little one; a child.

Forms of littling

plurallittlings

Origin of littling

From Middle English *litling, from Old English litling, lytling, lȳtling (“a little one, child”), equivalent to little + -ling.

Questions about littling

What does littling mean?
Littling means a little one; a child.
What part of speech is littling?
Littling is a noun.
What is the plural of littling?
The plural of littling is littlings.

Words near littling in the dictionary

  1. Littlewoods
  2. Littleworth
  3. Littleworths
  4. littlie
  5. littlies
  6. littling
  7. littlings
  8. littlish
  9. littlun
  10. littluns
  11. littly

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