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niderling

niderling is the alternative form of nidderling.

Meaning of nidderling

Noun

nidderling (plural nidderlings)

  1. (archaic) Someone who is weak and cowardly.
    • There they meet young men who have the true feeling for the sex, and call that man churl and nidderling and pitiful sneak and cur, who would suffer any young woman whom he loves to work if he could order otherwise.1889, Walter Besant, To Call Her Mine, page 295

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Forms of niderling

Noun
pluralniderlings
Adjective
comparativemore niderling
superlativemost niderling

Questions about niderling

What is niderling the alternative form of?
Niderling is the alternative form of nidderling.

Words near niderling in the dictionary

  1. niddy-noddy
  2. nide
  3. Nider
  4. nidering
  5. niderings
  6. niderling
  7. niderlings
  8. nides
  9. nidge
  10. nidged
  11. nidges

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